Patent ID: 6151471
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A toner supplying device for supplying toner contained in a toner container to a developing device of an image forming apparatus, the toner supplying device comprising:a toner container insertion part configured to receive at least two inserted toner containers from a front side of the toner supplying device;a toner container holder that detachably holds the at least two toner containers inserted into the toner container insertion part;a toner container selection control device that selects an arbitrary toner container from among the at least two toner containers held by the toner container holder and causes the selected toner container to discharge toner from an opening thereof while stopping a discharge of toner from an opening of the other toner containers;a toner conveying path to which said discharged toner is exhausted; anda toner/air mixture delivery device that delivers said exhausted toner to the developing device of the image forming apparatus by mixing the toner with air.