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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2025
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Akinobu Hirayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Teruhiko Sasaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Tachio Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Abe, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshiki Fujino, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner cartridge includes a toner accommodating chamber, a toner discharge chamber, a communication passage, a discharge opening provided in the toner discharge chamber, a coupling for receiving a driving force from outside, a feeding member for conveying the toner in an axial direction of the coupling, and a first sheet and a second sheet which are provided in the toner discharge chamber and rotate about a rotation axis by a driving force received from the coupling to discharge toner through the discharge opening. The first sheet is configured to be flexed by contacting an inner wall of the toner discharge chamber and then be released from flexure, when making on full rotation about the rotation axis. The second sheet is configured to be displaceable relative to and contactable with the first sheet.