Toner Cartridge Attachable to Image Forming Apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHideshi Nishiyama, Keita Shimizu
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Abstract
Toner cartridge includes a housing, an agitator, an auger, a first protrusion, and a second protrusion. The housing includes a first toner accommodating portion having and a second toner accommodating portion. The auger is rotatable about a second axis extending in a first direction and is configured to convey toner from a first toner accommodating portion to the second toner accommodating portion. The first protrusion is positioned at a first side of the second toner accommodating portion. The first protrusion extends in the first direction. The second protrusion is positioned at a second side of the second toner accommodating portion and extends in the first direction.
Claims20
A toner cartridge comprising:
- a housing accommodating toner, the housing having a first opening allowing toner to be discharged therefrom, the first opening being positioned at one side of the housing in a first direction;
- a first protrusion extending in the first direction, the first protrusion being positioned at one side of the housing in the first direction;
- a second protrusion extending in the first direction, the second protrusion positioned at another side of the housing in the first direction;
- an auger rotatable about a first axis extending in the first direction, the auger being configured to convey the toner to the first opening in the first direction, the auger being positioned between the first protrusion and the second protrusion in the first direction;
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- a plurality of gear teeth positioned at an outer surface of the housing, the plurality of gear teeth being positioned closer to the first protrusion than the second protrusion is in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.