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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2007
Seiichi Takagi, Minamiashigara, JP;
Yasushige Nakamura, Ebina, JP;
Takashi Hino, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Uezono, Saitama, JP;
Masanori Murase, Minamiashigara, JP;
Koichi Tanaka, Kashiwazaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Saito, Saitama, JP;
Seiichi Takagi, Minamiashigara, JP;
Yasushige Nakamura, Ebina, JP;
Takashi Hino, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Uezono, Saitama, JP;
Masanori Murase, Minamiashigara, JP;
Koichi Tanaka, Kashiwazaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Saito, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The toner cartridge is provided with: a toner storing container of a rectangular shape having a toner feeding opening in an angular portion of the toner storing container; a stirring conveying member that is disposed so as to rotate in a predetermined rotation direction in the toner storing container and stirs and conveys toner in the toner storing container toward the toner feeding opening; a waste toner storing container that stores reclaimed toner; and a partition member that is held by the toner storing container, partitions between the toner storing container and the waste toner storing containers and has a bearing portion axially supporting a rotating shaft of the stirring conveying member and extending into inside of the waste toner storing container. The toner stored in the toner storing container has an average value of a shape factor (SF1) of about 130 or less.