Accommodating vessel and image forming device using the same

Abstract

An accommodating vessel, which is detachably attached to a vessel receiving part of a casing of an image forming device to accommodate an image forming material, the accommodating vessel including: a vessel main body that includes a tubular part; a cover member that includes a fitted part; at least one positioned protrusion; and at least one positioned positioning protrusion, wherein the at least one positioned protrusion includes: a guide protrusion that extends in a rotating direction of the cover member; and a plurality of rotation stop protrusions that extends in opposite directions to each other relative to the guide protrusion along a pushing and pulling direction of the cover member, and Wherein the positioning protrusion includes a stop wall that abuts on the guide protrusion and the plurality of rotation stop protrusions of the at least one positioned protrusion to be stopped.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An accommodating vessel, which is detachably attached to a vessel receiving part of a casing of an image forming device to accommodate an image forming material, the accommodating vessel comprising:
 a vessel main body that includes a tubular part with one opening opened in one end and in which the image forming material is accommodated; 
 a cover member that includes a fitted part to which the tubular part of the vessel main body is detachably fitted, and that is pushed in to the tubular part so as to freely rotate to an attaching position; 
 at least one positioned protrusion that is provided to protrude in the fitted part of the cover member, and that is used to position the cover member to a positioning place of the tubular part of the vessel main body; and 
 at least one positioned positioning protrusion that is provided to protrude in the tubular part of the vessel main body, and that abuts on the at least one positioned protrusion to position the at least one positioned protrusion to a positioning place, 
 wherein 
 the at least one positioned protrusion includes: 
 a guide protrusion that extends in a rotating direction of the cover member; and 
 a plurality of rotation stop protrusions that extends in opposite directions to each other relative to the guide protrusion along a pushing and pulling direction of the cover member, and 
 wherein 
 the positioning protrusion includes a stop wall that abuts on the guide protrusion and the plurality of rotation stop protrusions of the at least one positioned protrusion to be stopped. 
 
     
     
       2. The accommodating vessel as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein 
 the at least one positioned protrusion comprises a plurality of positioned protrusions, and 
 the at least one positioning protrusion comprises a plurality of positioning protrusions. 
 
     
     
       3. The accommodating vessel as claimed in  claim 2 ,
 wherein 
 any of the positioned protrusions comprises:
 the guide protrusion; and 
 the rotation stop protrusion, and 
 
 at least one of the positioned protrusions includes at least a rotation stop protrusion that extends in a direction opposite to an extending direction of the rotation stop protrusion of the other positioned protrusions. 
 
     
     
       4. The accommodating vessel as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein 
 the at least one positioned protrusion comprises, separately from the rotation stop protrusion in the guide protrusion, abutting protrusion that extends in the same direction as the extending direction of the rotation stop protrusion, and that butts against the positioning protrusion. 
 
     
     
       5. The accommodating vessel as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein 
 at least either of the at least one positioned protrusion and the at least one positioning protrusion comprises a guide inclined part that is inclined so as to guide the rotation stop protrusion of the at least one positioned protrusion in a direction for overriding the stop wall of the at least one positioning protrusion in a part where the at least one positioned protrusion of the cover member begins to come into contact with the positioning protrusion of the vessel main body in accordance with the rotation of the cover member. 
 
     
     
       6. The accommodating vessel as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein 
 the positioning protrusion of the vessel main body comprises a first positioning protrusion and a second positioning protrusion arranged so as to hold the positioned protrusions of the cover member between the first positioning protrusion and the second positioning protrusion in the pushing and pulling direction of the cover member, and 
 each of the first positioning protrusion and the second positioning protrusion have a width in a direction orthogonal to a rotating direction of the cover member, the width being formed to be narrower as the cover member is more rotated. 
 
     
     
       7. An image forming device comprising:
 an image forming device main body that has a vessel receiving part formed; and 
 an accommodating vessel according to  claim 1 , the accommodating vessel being detachably attached to the vessel receiving part of the image forming device main body and in which an image forming material is accommodated. 
 
     
     
       8. An accommodating vessel, which is detachably attached to a vessel receiving part of a casing of an image forming device to accommodate an image forming material, the accommodating vessel comprising:
 a first member that includes a first tubular part with one opening opened in a part thereof;   a second member that includes a second tubular part with one opening opened in a part thereof, wherein:
 the first tubular part and the second tubular part form a space for accommodating the image forming material, 
 the second tubular part relatively rotates with respect to the first tubular part in a predetermined rotating direction so that the second member moves to an attaching position, and 
 the second tubular part relatively rotates with respect to the first tubular part in a direction opposite to the predetermined rotating direction so that the second member moves to a detaching position; and 
   a positioning mechanism that positions the first tubular part of the first member and the second tubular part of the second member,   wherein the positioning mechanism includes a plurality of first protruding parts, a plurality of second protruding parts, a first rotation stop protrusion and a second rotation stop protrusion,   wherein:
 the plurality of first protruding parts are provided on the first tubular part of the first member, 
 each first protruding part includes a first guide part that protrudes from the first tubular part and extends in the predetermined rotating direction, and 
 the first guide part guides the second tubular part of the second member relatively rotating with respect to the first tubular part of the first member, 
   wherein:
 the plurality of second protruding parts are provided on the second tubular part of the second member, 
 each second protruding part includes a second guide part that protrudes from the second tubular part and extends in the predetermined rotating direction, 
 the second guide part contacts with one of the first protruding parts to guide the first tubular part of the first member relatively rotating with respect to the second tubular part of the second member, and 
 the second guide part restricts a movement of the first member from the second member in a direction intersecting with the predetermined rotating direction in a state that the second member is positioned in the attaching position, and 
   wherein:
 the first rotation stop protrusion extends from at least one of the first protruding parts in a direction intersecting with the predetermined rotating direction, and stops the second member from rotating in the predetermined rotating direction, 
 the second rotation stop protrusion extends from at least one of the first protruding parts in another direction intersecting with the predetermined rotating direction, and stops the member from rotating in the direction opposite to the predetermined rotating direction when the first member is detached from the second member, and 
 the first rotation stop protrusion and the second rotation stop protrusion extend in opposing directions. 
   
     
     
       9. An image forming device, comprising:
 the casing in which the vessel receiving part is formed; and   the accommodating vessel according to claim 8,   wherein the accommodating vessel is detachably attached to the vessel receiving part of the image forming device, and   wherein the accommodating vessel accommodates the image forming material.