US 12,455,517 B2
Container having a shutter and a cap mounted to the shutter to cover an end portion of the container
Mitsuhiro Sato, Tokyo (JP); Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Kanagawa (JP); and Sohta Sugimoto, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/609,077.
Application 18/609,077 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/036880, filed on Sep. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-158542 (JP), filed on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0264552 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01); B41J 2/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B65B 7/00 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65D 41/04 (2006.01); B65D 47/00 (2006.01); B65D 47/12 (2006.01); B65D 47/14 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0886 (2013.01) [B41J 2/1754 (2013.01); B65B 7/2835 (2013.01); B65D 41/04 (2013.01); B65D 47/122 (2013.01); B65D 47/142 (2013.01); G03G 15/0865 (2013.01); G03G 15/0874 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17516 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0682 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0692 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for use with an image forming apparatus and for accommodating a content of powder or a liquid, the container comprising:
an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the content;
an end portion including a discharging portion that includes a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the content to outside of the container and a passage configured so that the content passes through the passage toward the discharge opening, and the end portion including a shutter configured to be rotatable about a rotational axis relative to the discharging portion between a shielding position where the shutter shields the discharge opening and an open position where the shutter opens the discharge opening, the shutter being rotatable from the shielding position to the open position in a first rotational direction and from the open position to the shielding position in a second rotational direction; and
a cap mounted to the shutter so as to cover at least a part of the end portion and configured to be dismounted from the end portion by being rotated about the rotational axis relative to the shutter in the second rotational direction.