US 12,332,582 B2
Cartridge having rotatable reception shutter, cartridge having lever for opening and closing reception shutter, and method of supplying toner
Shintaro Fukuoka, Nagoya (JP); and Shougo Sato, Seto (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/480,035.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-188708 (JP), filed on Nov. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0176259 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0886 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0894 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0692 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge comprising:
a toner housing extending in a first direction, the toner housing being configured to store toner, the toner housing including:
a reception portion located at an end surface of the toner housing at one end in the first direction, the reception portion having a reception port for receiving toner into the toner housing; and
a discharge port located between the one end of the toner housing and an other end of the toner housing in the first direction, the discharge port being located on a surface crossing the end surface, the discharge port being for discharging toner in the toner housing; and
a reception shutter attached to the reception portion, the reception shutter being rotatable about an axis extending in the first direction between a reception shutter closed position at which the reception port is closed and a reception shutter open position at which the reception port is open.