US 12,092,973 B2
Image forming apparatus
Goshi Ozaki, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Kanagawa (JP); Shinichi Nishida, Kanagawa (JP); Sohta Sugimoto, Kanagawa (JP); Mitsuhiro Sato, Tokyo (JP); and Masahiro Suetsugu, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/213,968.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-137307 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0069467 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0874 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0896 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0682 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus to which a replenishing container for replenishing toner is detachably mountable, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a first unit including an image bearing member; and
a second unit including a developing roller configured to supply the toner to the image bearing member, a mounting portion in which the replenishing container is dismountably mounted, and an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the toner replenished from the replenishing container, the second unit being 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,
wherein 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 configured to be 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.