Method and toner bottle for image forming apparatus capable of effectively supplying toner to image forming apparatus
US7720416B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 16, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/085
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The toner bottle exchangeably used in an image forming apparatus. The toner bottle includes a bottle body having a substantially cylindrical shape and configured to contain toner, a gear configured to rotate a part of the toner bottle, a cap attached to the bottle body and including an opening arranged in a circumferential surface of the cap and configured to output toner to a development apparatus of the image forming apparatus, a toner conveyance mechanism arranged in the bottle body and configured to convey the toner to the opening.
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