Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner cartridge including shutter rotatable between first position and second position
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Application No.: US17158381Application Date: 2021-01-26
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Publication No.: US11333999B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Masaaki Furukawa , Kazuma Hinoue , Ryosuke Hayashi , Naoya Kamimura
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2018-181798 20180927
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner cartridge includes a first casing, a second casing, an auger screw, and a shutter. The first casing has a first internal space. The second casing has: a second internal space smaller than the first internal space; a first opening allowing toner in the second internal space to be discharged; and a second opening allowing air in the second internal space to be sent to an outside. The auger screw is rotatable about a first rotation axis and configured to convey toner in the first internal space to the second internal space. The shutter is rotatable relative to the second casing about a second rotation axis between a first position in which the shutter closes the first opening and a second position in which the shutter opens the first opening. In a state where the shutter is at the second position, the shutter does not close the second opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210149325A1 TONER CARTRIDGE INCLUDING SHUTTER ROTATABLE BETWEEN FIRST POSITION AND SECOND POSITION Public/Granted day:2021-05-20
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