Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner cartridge and image forming apparatus using the toner cartridge
- Patent Title (中): 墨粉盒和使用调色剂盒的成像设备
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Application No.: US13306132Application Date: 2011-11-29
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Publication No.: US08718517B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Takeshi Okuda
- Applicant: Takeshi Okuda
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.
- Priority: JPP2010-282447 20101217
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner cartridge that makes it possible to prevent outflow of a large amount of toners at any other time but supplying of a toner, and an image forming apparatus are provided. A toner cartridge includes a container having an outlet; a conveyance member for conveying a toner inside the container toward the outlet by rotation motion of a conveyance blade associated with rotation of a conveyance shaft; and an opening/closing member disposed so as to have a distance from an inner wall of the container, the opening/closing member being fixed to the conveyance shaft and opening or closing at least a part of the outlet in conjunction with the rotation of the conveyance shaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120155925A1 TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-06-21
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