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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0879 (2013.01); G03G 15/0865 (2013.01); G03G 15/0874 (2013.01); G03G 15/0868 (2013.01); G03G 15/087 (2013.01); G03G 15/0886 (2013.01); G03G 2215/066 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0682 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a pump portion that is variable in volume, a feeding path portion including a connection opening communicating with the pump portion at one end and including a discharge opening at the other end, and a toner accommodating portion connected to a communicating opening that is an intermediate portion between the one end and the other end of the feeding path portion. The apparatus also includes a main assembly path porting including a pipe configured to feed toner upward from the discharge opening toward the receiving opening by air flow generated by the pump portion.