US 12,271,119 B2
Structure to pop up toner refill cartridge from mounting portion
Youngjo Kwon, Seongnam Si (KR); Byeongno Jeong, Seongnam Si (KR); and Joonggwang Shin, Seongnam Si (KR)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/292,848
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 5, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/070028
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 26, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/023415, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 23, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0107820 (KR), filed on Aug. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0004396 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0867 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0886 (2013.01); G03G 15/0889 (2013.01); G03G 15/5016 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
while a toner refill cartridge is mounted on a mounting portion of a main body of the image forming apparatus, refilling a developing device with a toner from the toner refill cartridge by driving a driving motor; and
in response to the refilling of the developing device with the toner from the toner refill cartridge being completed, popping up the toner refill cartridge from the mounting portion by pushing the toner refill cartridge in a direction opposite to a mounting direction of the toner refill cartridge onto the mounting portion.