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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1996
Shinya Noda, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Sasago, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Haruhisa Oshida, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Karakama, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A toner accommodating container usable with a process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, wherein the process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive member and a process means actable on the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a toner accommodating portion for accommodating toner usable for developing a latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive member; a partition wall extending in the toner accommodating portion in a direction along a short side of the toner accommodating portion to define a plurality of space therein; a toner filling opening, at a longitudinal end of the toner accommodating portion, for permitting toner to be filled into the toner accommodating portion; and a through-passage extending from one longitudinal end to the other longitudinal end along a length of the toner accommodating portion so as to permit the toner to be supplied into the spaces.