Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner cartridge, developing unit, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17370172Application Date: 2021-07-08
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Publication No.: US11493860B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Shunsuke Mizukoshi , Seiichi Shinohara , Masanori Tanaka
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP
- Priority: JPJP2020-119123 20200710
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
In a toner cartridge configured such that, by rotating a toner housing portion relative to a shutter in a state in which a first portion-to-be-engaged is engaged to a first engaging portion of a developing unit, relative positions of a cover and the shutter are displaced from first relative position, in which a closing portion opposes a second opening, to second relative position, in which the interior of the toner housing portion communicates with the developing unit through a first opening and the second opening, and a second portion-to-be-engaged is engaged to a second engaging portion of the developing unit, thereby being attached to the developing unit, a biasing member is provided in order to exert a biasing force for generating relative rotation between the cover and the shutter in a direction for displacing the relative positions thereof from the second relative position to the first relative position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220011692A1 TONER CARTRIDGE, DEVELOPING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-01-13
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