The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2011
Yusuke Yamada, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Yutaka Ban, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Murakami, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Fumio Tazawa, Chiba-ken, JP;
Hironori Minagawa, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Yusuke Yamada, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Yutaka Ban, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Murakami, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Fumio Tazawa, Chiba-ken, JP;
Hironori Minagawa, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sealing member seals an opening provided at one axial end of a rotatable container body of a toner supply container detachably mountable to an assembly of an image forming apparatus having a hollow cylindrical driving member. The sealing member includes a sealing portion provided at a side adjacent the container body to seal the opening, and a coupling portion provided at a side remote from the container body to receive a rotational drive force. The coupling portion includes a supporting portion provided on the sealing portion, an engaging portion provided at a free end of the supporting portion, and a displacing force receiving portion provided closer to the container body than the engaging portion. The engaging portion includes a rotational force receiving portion being abuttable in a circumferential direction of the driving member, and a locking portion being abuttable in an axial direction of the driving member.