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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
May. 14, 2001
Yutaka Ban, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Omata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kyota Miyazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Ayumu Murakami, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yutaka Ban, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Omata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kyota Miyazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Ayumu Murakami, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner supply container detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes (a) a toner accommodating portion for accommodating toner; (b) a toner supply opening or port for discharging toner accommodated in the toner accommodating portion; (c) a toner feeding member for feeding the toner accommodated in the toner accommodating portion toward the toner supply opening by rotation thereof, wherein a center of rotation of the toner feeding member is in an opening region of the toner supply port as seen in the longitudinal direction of the toner feeding member. A capping member is configured to seal the toner supply opening and can be made integral with the toner feeding member or can be slidably movable relative to an engaging portion of the toner feeding member from a state in which the toner supply opening is opened to a state that the opening is closed.