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Toner cartridge

US7912409B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 2008
Grant dateMar 22, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0827
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides an exchangeable toner cartridge which can be attached to or detached from an apparatus main body. The toner cartridge includes the toner transfer member which is provided along a longitudinal direction of the toner cartridge and which can rotate. At the first range of the upstream side in a toner transfer direction the toner transfer member is formed into a substantially spiral shape, and at the second range of the downstream side in the toner transfer direction on a side of a toner supply port, toner transfer member has a shape different from that of the first range.

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