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Toner container

US12416880B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · JP

Inventors

Goshi Ozaki · Yokohama, JP
Shinichi Nishida · Yokohama, JP
Hiroyuki Munetsugu · Yokohama, JP
Sohta Sugimoto · Yokohama, JP
Mitsuhiro Sato · Nagaokakyo, JP
Masahiro Suetsugu · Yokohama, JP
SEIYA ISHIKAWA · Yokohama, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 26, 2024
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 26, 2044

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G15/0886
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided a toner container having: a storage portion configured to store toner; a nozzle portion having a discharging port configured to discharge, outside the toner container, toner stored in the storage portion, the nozzle portion being fixed to the storage portion such that the nozzle portion and the storage portion are aligned in a first direction; and a loosening member configured to loose toner, the loosening member including at least a portion provided in the storage portion, wherein the loosening member is swingable relative to the storage portion about a swing axis extending in a second direction crossing the first direction.

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