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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
Taku Fukita, Mishima, JP;
Toshikazu Tsuchiya, Mishima, JP;
Masafumi Monde, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Hanamoto, Mishima, JP;
Tsutomu Ishida, Suntou-gun, JP;
Taku Fukita, Mishima, JP;
Toshikazu Tsuchiya, Mishima, JP;
Masafumi Monde, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Hanamoto, Mishima, JP;
Tsutomu Ishida, Suntou-gun, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner container includes a toner accommodating portion: a rotatable toner stirring member; a sensor for detecting a remaining amount of the toner; wherein the sensor includes a first flexible sheet portion, a second sheet portion, a first opening, a first electroconductive portion, a second electroconductive portion, wherein the first sheet portion flexes by a stirring operation of the stirring member, and the first electroconductive portion is contacted to the second electroconductive portion, by which the remaining toner amount is detectable, and wherein the toner accommodating portion is provided with a second opening for communicating the first opening and an outside of the toner accommodating portion with each other.