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US 6,785,497 B1Granted
Toner cartridge and toner supply device
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshifumi Hasebe
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Abstract
The toner cartridge of the present invention has a container for storing toner which is mounted and rotated on a cartridge holder, a toner feed port formed on the mount on the cartridge holder of the container, a shutter for opening and closing the toner feed port by rotating round the toner feed port, and a rotation mechanism for rotating the shutter by a linear operation for mounting and demounting the container from the cartridge holder, and furthermore, such a toner cartridge mounted feeds toner to the developing apparatus.
Claims8
A toner cartridge comprising:
- a container to store toner, which is mounted and rotated on a cartridge holder;
- a toner feed port formed on a mount on said cartridge holder of said container;
- a shutter to open and close said toner feed port by rotating round said toner feed port;
- and
- a rotation mechanism to rotate said shutter by a linear operation to mount and demount said container from said cartridge holder.
2 more elements
A toner feeder comprising:
- a cartridge holder to mount in a removable state a toner cartridge having a cylindrical shutter to rotate round a toner feed port and open and close said toner feed port;
- and
- a rotation mechanism to insert said toner cartridge into said cartridge holder by a linear operation, thereby rotating said shutter in the opening direction and pulling out said toner cartridge from said cartridge holder by said linear operation, thereby rotating said shutter in the closing direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.