Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Ken Wakatsuki

Yutaka Ban

Kyota Miyazaki

Hiroshi Komatsu

Yuji Suzuki

Saijiro Endo

Hiroki Umeda

A toner supply mechanism includes a toner storing portion for storing toner, a receiving opening for receiving toner to be supplied to the toner storing portion, a shutter member for opening and closing the receiving opening, and a lock, provided at each longitudinal end of the receiving opening, for locking the shutter member. The lock releases the shutter member by setting the toner supply container.

Toner supply mechanism having locking means for locking a shutter member

A toner supply container to be set to a supply portion having a hopper opening for a toner hopper, a hopper shutter member for opening and closing the hopper opening, and a lock for locking the hopper shutter member. The container includes a toner container body for accommodating toner and having a supply opening for supplying the toner, a seal member for sealing the supply opening, a releasing projection for releasing locking of a hopper shutter member by the lock, in response to setting operation to the supply portion; and an interrelating device for interrelating movement of the hopper shutter member and the seal member when the container is set to the supply portion.

Toner supply container and a toner supply mechanism having a toner

Toner container for copying machine

Toner cartridge

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Yokohama, Japan

Ken Wakatsuki