TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

The present invention relates to a toner cartridge and an image forming apparatus comprising such a cartridge. This cartridge comprises (i) a casing (50) including (i-i) a toner accommodation chamber (49) accommodating toner (T), and (i-ii) a discharge opening (52) capable of discharging the toner (...

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Hauptverfasser: ASANUMA, Naoya, ATSU, Yusuke, HAMADA, Takatoshi, TANABE, Masato, KAWAMURA, Tomofumi
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to a toner cartridge and an image forming apparatus comprising such a cartridge. This cartridge comprises (i) a casing (50) including (i-i) a toner accommodation chamber (49) accommodating toner (T), and (i-ii) a discharge opening (52) capable of discharging the toner (T); (ii) a pump (58) including a movable portion (58a) and configured to discharge toner (T) through the discharge opening (52) by reciprocating motion of the movable portion (58a); and (iii) a drive input member (59) configured to receive a rotational force for reciprocating the movable portion (58a) of the pump (58), wherein a range in which the movable portion of the pump (58) is movable and a range in which the drive input member (59) is provided overlap with each other at least partly, in a coordinate in a moving direction of the movable portion (58a) of the pump (58).