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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2010
Koichi Kuroyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Koichi Kuroyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a toner cartridge includes a cartridge body, a stirring member configured to stir toner contained in the cartridge body, and a scraping member having elasticity. The stirring member includes a rotation shaft contained in the cartridge body, and plural stirring rods protruded from the rotation shaft and arranged in an axial direction of the rotation shaft. The stirring rods have tips opposite to an inner surface of the cartridge body. The tips of the stirring rods are separate from each other. The scraping member extends in the axial direction of the rotation shaft to scrape toner adhered to the inner surface of the cartridge body, and includes plural elastically deformable strips divided along the axial direction of the rotation shaft.
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