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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Hayashida, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuuki Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Go Torii, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Yada, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner container includes a first chamber for accommodating toner and provided with an outlet port through which the toner is discharged outside of the toner container, a second chamber provided with an inlet port and for accommodating toner to be received from an outside of the toner container through the inlet port, a stirring member for stirring the toner accommodated in the first chamber and to rotate about a rotational axis, and an air supply unit configured to supply air for discharging the toner accommodated in the first chamber to an outside of the toner container through the outlet port. The air supply unit, the first chamber, and the second chamber are aligned in this order in a direction of the rotational axis.