Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process unit including main unit and toner cartridge including toner supply pipe and shutter
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Application No.: US16242504Application Date: 2019-01-08
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Publication No.: US10466622B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Saya Minoshima , Shougo Sato
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP2017-071034 20170331
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
A toner cartridge includes a toner supply pipe and a first shutter. The toner supply pipe has a toner supply opening. When the toner cartridge is mounted onto a main unit, the toner supply pipe moves through an insertion opening from an outside position at which the toner supply opening is located outside a developing frame to an inside position at which the toner supply opening is located inside the developing frame. The first shutter is provided at the toner supply pipe. The first shutter moves relative to the toner supply pipe between an open position at which the toner supply opening is opened and a closed position at which the toner supply opening is closed. The first shutter moves relative to the toner supply pipe from the closed position to the open position in a state where the toner supply pipe is located at the inside position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190137906A1 PROCESS UNIT INCLUDING MAIN UNIT AND TONER CARTRIDGE INCLUDING TONER SUPPLY PIPE AND SHUTTER Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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