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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Yamada, Moriya, JP;
Yutaka Ban, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Murakami, Toride, JP;
Fumio Tazawa, Abiko, JP;
Hironori Minagawa, Moriya, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner supply container includes a toner container body including a cylindrical portion and an opening, and a sealing member provided at one axial end portion of the container body. The sealing member is movable relative to the container body in an axial direction and includes a sealing portion provided at a side adjacent the container body and a coupling portion provided at a side remote from the container body. The coupling portion includes a supporting portion provided on the sealing portion, and an engaging portion provided at a free end of the supporting portion, and a displacing force receiving portion is provided on the supporting portion at a position closer to the container body than the engaging portion. The displacing force receiving portion is displaceable with the supporting portion and has a radially outermost part that is more remote from a rotation axis of the container body than a radially outermost part of the engaging portion, and a radially outermost part of the container body is more remote from the rotation axis of the container body than the radially outermost part of the displacing force receiving portion.