Developing unit having guide that stably supports toner cartridge
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasahiko Hayakawa, Masashi Imai, Shougo Sato
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasahiko Hayakawa, Masashi Imai, Shougo Sato
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A developing device includes a developer cartridge and a developing unit. The developer cartridge, in some instances, may include a shutter. This shutter may have a wall for closing a developer supply hole, and be movable, with respect to a developer cartridge casing, between an open position where the supply hole is opened by the wall and a closed position where the supply hole is closed by the wall. The shutter may further include a protrusion that is movable with respect to the wall of the shutter between a first position and a second position in an axial direction. The protrusion, in the first position, is engageable with a developing unit and, in the second position, would be disengaged from the developing unit.
A process cartridge detachably attachable to a main casing of an image forming apparatus, the process cartridge comprising:
A process cartridge detachably attachable to a main casing of an image forming apparatus, the process cartridge comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.