Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner cartridge
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Application No.: US16313586Application Date: 2017-07-13
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Publication No.: US10732543B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Isamu Sakata
- 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: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@28fab6d4
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/025523 WO 20170713
- International Announcement: WO2018/012580 WO 20180118
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
Providing a toner cartridge capable of restraining toner from leaking through an opening, and improving labor efficiency for assembling the cartridge. The toner cartridge (process cartridge 1) includes a developing frame having a storage chamber configured to store therein toner and formed with an opening to discharge the toner out of the storage chamber, a shaft rotatably supported to the developing frame; and an agitation sheet positioned in the storage chamber and having a base end portion supported to the shaft, the agitation sheet being rotationally movable along with rotation of the shaft. The developing frame includes a first wall formed with the opening, and a second wall configured to support the agitation sheet by nipping the agitation sheet positioned to close the opening between the first wall and the second wall, the second wall permitting the agitation sheet to contact with the first wall and contacting with the agitation sheet through an elastic member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190391510A1 TONER CARTRIDGE Public/Granted day:2019-12-26
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