Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer supply container and developer supplying system
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Application No.: US17166124Application Date: 2021-02-03
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Publication No.: US11487221B2Publication Date: 2022-11-01
- Inventor: Ayatomo Okino , Toshiaki Nagashima , Katsuya Murakami , Fumio Tazawa , Yusuke Yamada
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2009-082077 20090330
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner cartridge includes a container accommodating toner and including a discharge opening. A pump is configured to alternately generate (i) a first air flow from outside to inside of the toner cartridge and (ii) a second air flow from inside to outside of the toner cartridge, with the pump being configured to supply the toner from the discharge opening to outside of the toner cartridge with the second air flow. The cartridge also includes a rotational force receiving portion configured to receive a rotational force from outside of the toner cartridge, with the rotational force receiving portion being configured to drive the pump with rotation of the rotational force receiving portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210165345A1 DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-06-03
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