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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Joji Goto, Tokyo, JP;
Tsukasa Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A first contact portion provided on a first shutter member that opens and closes a receiving port for receiving a developer from a cartridge and a second contact portion provided on the cartridge are configured to contact each other in an attachment and detachment direction of the cartridge so that the first shutter member is in a position at which the receiving port is opened. The first shutter member is urged by a first urging member so that a contacting state between the first contact portion and the second contact portion is maintained until a second shutter member that opens and closes a supplying port of the cartridge closes the supplying port when the cartridge is discharged from the apparatus body.