| 摘要 |
1495860 Discharging hoppers LUMOPRINT ZINDLER KG 6 March 1975 [22 March 1974] 9412/75 Heading B8S In a copier machine a container (58) for toner, Fig. 2 (not shown), is replenished from a bottle-shaped toner supply container 33 whose neck 35 is attached to a connector 34 formed in a housing part 19 which is rotatable about the axis of a rotary spindle 16 so that the container 33 can be attached with its neck upwards to the connector 34 and the container and housing part 19 then rotated so that the container is inverted as shown, and the toner then flows therefrom to a rotable dispensing element 32 which passes the toner to a duct 45 mounted in and extending from an outlet in a second housing part 26 which is rigidly attached to the rear wall 14 of the container (58), the duct 45 entering the container (58). The dispensing element 32 is rotated by a shaft 27 which is connected to a motor 31. The housing part 19 is pot-shaped, its wall 20 having a funnel-shaped bend 46 which, in the position shown in Fig. 3, ends at the duct 45, the wall 20 also providing the connector 34 and the inlet to the element 32. The container 33 is mounted in a support pocket 37 rotatably mounted on the spindle 16 and drive shaft 27 by means of arms 40, 41 respectively. When container 33 is empty it is rotated along with its pocket 37 downwardly to a substantially upright position to be removed from the pocket 37, and due to the consequential rotation of the connector 34 the duct 45 is then closed by a wall portion 47 of the connector 34. The portions 46, 47 of the wall 20 are guided in circular profiling 48 formed on the housing part 26 during rotation thereof. |
