Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seal configuration for a toner cartridge of an image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15293493Application Date: 2016-10-14
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Publication No.: US09885976B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Shougo Sato
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2015-203510 20151015
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a frame; a photosensitive drum that is supported by the frame; a developing unit that is rotatable around a rotating shaft supported by the frame and includes a developing frame having a toner receiving port and a developing roller; a toner cartridge that has a toner supply port; and a seal member that positioned a circumference of the toner receiving port and is deformable, wherein the seal member has a communication opening, which communicates between the toner receiving port and the toner supply port in a state where the toner cartridge is mounted to the frame, and the seal member has a first end and a second end, wherein when the developing unit rotates to approach the toner cartridge, the first end of the seal member and the second end of the seal member are configured to be compressed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170108800A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2017-04-20
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