Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner cartridge, toner supplying mechanism and shutter
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Application No.: US17231105Application Date: 2021-04-15
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Publication No.: US11619903B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Yosuke Kashiide , Takashi Kimura
- 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: JP2014-158119 20140801,JP2014-158120 20140801,JP2015-032063 20150220
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toner cartridge detachably mountable to a receiving device, the toner cartridge comprising a container including a accommodating portion for accommodating the toner and a discharge opening for discharging the toner from the accommodating portion into the receiving device; and an open/close member including a closing portion for closing the discharge opening and an engaging portion movable relative to the closing portion, the open/close member being rotatable relative to the container between (a) an opening position for causing the closing portion to open the discharge opening and (b) a closing position for causing the closing portion to close the discharge opening, wherein the engaging portion is movable relative to the closing portion between (c) a engaging position for engagement with the receiving device to receive a force for moving the open/close member from the opening position to the closing position when the toner cartridge is dismounted from the receiving device and (d) a retracted position retracted from the engaging position, and wherein the engaging portion is movable from the retracted position to the engaging position with rotation of the open/close member from the closing position to the opening position.
Public/Granted literature
- US11650536B2 Toner cartridge, toner supplying mechanism and shutter Public/Granted day:2023-05-16
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