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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 29, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner supply unit for use in an image forming apparatus includes a bottle gear provided on a toner bottle to receive a driving force when the toner bottle is mounted to a mounting portion, and a discharging mechanism provided on the toner bottle to discharge a predetermined amount of toner from a discharging portion with the rotation of the bottle gear. A controller controls the driving force inputted to the bottle gear in a period from input of the driving force to the bottle gear to a predetermined number of rotations of the toner bottle to be smaller than the driving force inputted to the bottle gear at a time when the discharging mechanism first discharges the predetermined amount of toner from the discharging portion after the predetermined number of rotations.