Abstract: [Task] To further develop prior art technique. [SOLUTION] A cartridge includes a first unit, a second unit, a holding portion and a contact force receiving portion. The contact force receiving portion is capable of taking a stand-by position, a first operating position and a second operating position. The holding portion is moved from the first position to the second position, by the contact force receiving portion receiving the contact force and moving to the second operating position in the predetermined direction, in a state in which the second unit is in the separated position, the holding portion is in the first position, and the contact force receiving portion is in the first operating position.

Abstract: A toner container includes a bag, including an opening and formed of resin film, stores toner and a leading edge portion mounted on the opening of the bag, the leading edge portion including a nozzle provided with a discharge port to discharge the toner stored in the bag external to the toner container, wherein the leading edge portion includes a portion formed of resin and provided with a two-dimensional code, and wherein the portion has a thickness greater than a thickness of the film.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing container, a detection portion detecting an amount of toner in the developing container, a display portion, and a control portion controlling the detection portion to execute a first detection and a second detection, wherein the display portion, in a case where the detection result of the first detection is greater than or equal to a first threshold, displays a first display and, in a case where the detection result is less than the first threshold, displays a second display different from the first display, and in a case where the detection result of the second detection is greater than or equal to a second threshold smaller than the first threshold, displays the first display and, in a case where the detection result is less than the second threshold, displays the second display.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus that includes a replenishing port of toner and an introduction port that is able to communicate with the replenishing port, at least a part of the introduction port is located in a first quadrant or a second quadrant in a two-dimensional coordinate system configured of a first virtual line that and extends in a horizontal direction and a second virtual line that and extends in a gravity direction, and a control portion controls a stirring member to stop rotating in a state in where at least a part of a second end portion of a sheet is located in a quadrant that is different from a quadrant in which the introduction port is disposed in the coordinate system by a timing at which toner passes through the introduction port when the toner is replenished from a toner container to an accommodating chamber.

Abstract: A developing device includes an accommodating portion for accommodating toner, a developing roller and a stirring member. The developing device is for use with an image forming apparatus and detachably mounts a replenishing container for replenishing the toner. The accommodating portion includes a receiving opening through which the toner replenished from the accommodating portion is received in the accommodating portion, the receiving opening being provide on a first end side of the accommodating portion with respect to a rotational axis direction of the developing roller. An opening area of the receiving opening when the developing device is viewed in the rotational direction is wider than the opening area of the receiving opening when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis direction.

Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion extending in an axis direction; a shroud provided to surround the shaft portion, and forming a flow path between the shroud and the shaft portion, the flow path having one side in the axis direction serving as an upstream side and another side in the axis direction serving as a downstream side; a propeller provided rotatably around the axis between the shaft portion and the shroud; a motor provided in the shroud and configured to rotationally drive the propeller; and a bearing apparatus provided only to the shaft portion, out of the shroud and the shaft portion, and rotationally supporting the propeller.

Abstract: Provided is a light detection device which allows influence on adjacent pixels to be reduced. The light detection device includes a first substrate portion, a second substrate portion, and a through via. The first substrate portion has a pixel configured to photoelectrically convert incident light. The second substrate portion has a readout circuit configured to output a pixel signal based on charge output from the pixel to a signal line. The through via configured to connect the first substrate portion and the second substrate portion. The pixel has a floating diffusion configured to temporarily retain charge generated by photoelectric conversion. The readout circuit has a first pixel transistor connected to the floating diffusion through the through via and a second pixel transistor connected to the first pixel transistor and the signal line.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a first unit including a photosensitive member and a first frame; a second unit including a developing member and a second frame; a holding portion movable between a first position for holding the second unit at the separated position and a second position for holding the second unit at the developing position; a movable member; and an urging portion. the movable member is movable to a contact force receiving position, a separating force receiving position separating force receiving portion, a first retracted position, and a second retracted position. The urging portion urges the movable member placed at the first retracted position in a direction of moving the movable member toward the contact force receiving position, and urges the movable member placed at the second retracted position in a direction of moving the movable member toward the separating force receiving position.

Abstract: Provided a toner container comprising: a storage portion configured to store toner; a nozzle portion having a discharging port configured to discharge, outside the toner container, toner stored in the storage portion, the nozzle portion being fixed to the storage portion such that the nozzle portion and the storage portion are aligned in a first direction; and a loosening member configured to loose toner, the loosening member including at least a portion provided in the storage portion, wherein the loosening member is swingable relative to the storage portion about a swing axis extending in a second direction crossing the first direction.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a holding portion movable, by movement of a developing member in an axial direction of the developing member, between a first position for stably holding a second unit at a spaced position and a second position for stably holding a second unit at a developing position. The cartridge also includes an urging portion for urging the holding portion in a direction from the second position toward the first position in the axial direction of the developing member. At least one of the first gear portion and the second gear portion is a helical gear. When the second gear portion is driven and rotated by the first gear portion, the holding portion is moved from the first position to the second position by the second gear portion receiving a force from the first gear portion. When the second gear portion is not driven by the first gear portion, the holding portion is moved from the second position toward the first position by an urging force of the urging portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing container, a detection portion detecting an amount of toner in the developing container, a display portion, and a control portion controlling the detection portion to execute a first detection and a second detection, wherein the display portion, in a case where the detection result of the first detection is greater than or equal to a first threshold, displays a first display and, in a case where the detection result is less than the first threshold, displays a second display different from the first display, and in a case where the detection result of the second detection is greater than or equal to a second threshold smaller than the first threshold, displays the first display and, in a case where the detection result is less than the second threshold, displays the second display.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To further develop a prior art cartridge. [Solution] A cartridge includes a holding movable between a first position for stably holding a second unit in a spaced position by a first unit and a second position, and a contact force receiving portion capable of receiving a contact force for moving the holding portion from the first position toward the second position to move the second unit to a developing position, when the second unit is in the spaced position.

Abstract: A cartridge to which a toner container is detachably attachable includes a development roller, a storage unit to store toner to be carried by the development roller, an attachment portion, and first, second, and third contact portions on a bottom surface of the cartridge to be brought into contact with a horizontal plane. The cartridge can be oriented in a positioning direction in which the attachment portion is positioned above the storage unit and the cartridge contacts the horizontal plane. When the cartridge in the positioning direction is viewed in a gravity direction, a part of the attachment portion overlaps with a first region. The first region is surrounded by a first virtual line connecting the first and second contact portions, a second virtual line connecting the second and third contact portions, a third virtual line connecting the third and first contact portions, the first, second, and third contact portions.

Abstract: A cartridge comprises a shield member including a shield portion capable of covering a photosensitive member, the shield member being movable between a first position in which the shield portion covers the photosensitive member and a second position in which the photosensitive member is more exposed to outside of the cartridge by the shield portion than when the shield member is in the first position. A first engaging portion is engageable with the shield member to hold the shield member in the first position when the shield member is in the first position. A second engaging portion is engageable with the shield member to hold the shield member in the second position when the shield member is in the second position.

Abstract: An attachment is used with an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a main assembly including a photosensitive drum and a main assembly portion-to-be-engaged, and includes a developing unit including a developing container, a developing roller, and a mounting portion. The attachment includes a first engaging portion, and a second engaging portion. The attachment is mountable to the mounting portion in a state in which a toner container is not mounted to the mounting portion. The attachment does not include a toner accommodating portion for accommodating the toner.

Abstract: A photosensitive member unit includes a photosensitive member and a drive receiving portion receiving a driving force for rotating the photosensitive member; a developing unit joined to the photosensitive member unit so as to be movable relative to the photosensitive member unit between a first position in which a developing roller is in contact with the photosensitive member and a second position in which the developing roller is spaced from the photosensitive member; and a transmission member transmitting the driving force to the developing unit, wherein the developing unit has a driven member driven by the transmission member, and the transmission member is configured to engage with the driven member to drive the driven member with the developing unit located in the first position, and to engage with the driven member to drive the driven member with the developing unit located in the second position.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a photosensitive member, a charging member capable of charging the photosensitive member, and a developing member for depositing toner onto the photosensitive member. A unit includes the developing member and is movable between a developing position in which the toner is capable of being deposited onto the photosensitive member from the developing member and a spaced position in which at least a part of the developing member is spaced from the photosensitive member. The cartridge further includes a contact force receiving portion for receiving a contact force for moving the unit to the developing position when the unit is in the spaced position. The cartridge also includes a spacing force receiving portion for receiving a spacing force for moving the unit to the spaced position when the unit is in the developing position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first unit including an image bearing member and a second unit. The second unit includes a developing roller to supply the toner to the image bearing member, a mounting portion in which the replenishing container is dismountably mounted, and an accommodating portion to accommodate the toner replenished from the replenishing container. The second unit is movable between a first position where the developing roller contacts the image bearing member and a second position where the developing roller separates from the image bearing member. When a moving direction in which the second unit moves from the first position toward the second position is defined as a separating direction, the second unit is urged in the separating direction by a force which the mounting portion receives from the replenishing container when the replenishing container is mounted to the mounting portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a container to accommodate a developer, and a sensor to output an output signal depending on an amount of the developer in the container, wherein the sensor includes a light emitting element and a light receiving element which are provided outside the container, and a light guide provided on a wall surface of the container and configured to guide light, emitted by the light emitting element, toward the light receiving element through an inside space of the container. The light guide also includes projected portions configured such that light travels from outside of the container to the inside of the container in a direction intersecting with the direction of gravity.

Abstract: A control member 76 for controlling transmission and blocking of a rotational force by a clutch is rotatably supported by a supporting member which supports a developing frame. a locking portion provided on the control member 76 rotates between a position retracted from a locked portion of the clutch and a position for engaging with the locked portion.