Invention Grant
US08526863B2 Toner discharge mechanism, toner cartridge and image forming apparatus using the toner cartridge
有权
调色剂排出机构,调色剂盒和使用调色剂盒的成像设备
- Patent Title: Toner discharge mechanism, toner cartridge and image forming apparatus using the toner cartridge
- Patent Title (中): 调色剂排出机构,调色剂盒和使用调色剂盒的成像设备
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Application No.: US13035129Application Date: 2011-02-25
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Publication No.: US08526863B2Publication Date: 2013-09-03
- Inventor: Shigeki Hayashi , Takafumi Nagai
- Applicant: Shigeki Hayashi , Takafumi Nagai
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-Shi
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-Shi
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: JP2010-059731 20100316
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner discharge mechanism which is attached to a toner cartridge includes an auger screw for conveying and discharging a toner stored in the toner cartridge, the auger screw having an end portion downstream thereof, the end portion forming a taper portion having a predetermined length and an outer diameter diminishing toward a tip thereof; a cover member for covering the taper portion, the cover member having a conical inner wall configured to correspond to a taper shape of the taper portion; and a toner discharge outlet formed on the cover member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110229212A1 TONER DISCHARGE MECHANISM, TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE TONER CARTRIDGE Public/Granted day:2011-09-22
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