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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiki Fujino, Kanagawa, JP;
Tachio Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Teruhiko Sasaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Daisuke Abe, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasunori Toriyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Kaori Noguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner cartridge includes a frame including a toner accommodating chamber provided with a discharge opening; an elastic seal provided with a through hole; a pump communicating with the toner accommodating chamber; a sealing member capable of taking a sealing state for sealing the toner discharged through the through hole of the elastic seal and a discharging state for discharging the toner, discharged through the through hole, through the discharge opening; and a nipping member provided with an opening through which the toner passed through the discharge opening and the through hole is discharged to an outside of the toner cartridge. The nipping member nips the sealing member at a predetermined nipping pressure in cooperation with the elastic seal.