US 12,130,569 B2
Toner cartridge with a wall having outlets through which a paddle and an auger are removable
Takaho Watanabe, Mishima Shizuoka (JP); and Tadashi Sugiyama, Numazu Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/157,675.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-080778 (JP), filed on May 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0408952 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0891 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0875 (2013.01); G03G 15/0889 (2013.01); G03G 15/0894 (2013.01); G03G 15/0896 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00987 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0668 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1876 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toner cartridge for storing toner to be supplied to an image forming apparatus, comprising:
a container in which the toner is to be stored, extending in a longitudinal direction, and including two walls at ends thereof in the longitudinal direction, one of the walls having a first outlet and a second outlet;
a paddle rotatable about a first axis that extends between the walls of the container to stir the toner and removable from the container through the first outlet;
a first lid for covering the first outlet, the first lid having a first bearing hole through which an end of the paddle is rotatably held;
an auger including a screw blade, rotatable about a second axis that extends between the walls of the container to feed the toner towards a supply port of the container through which the toner is supplied to the image forming apparatus, and removable from the container through the second outlet; and
a second lid for covering the second outlet, the second lid having a second bearing hole through which an end of the auger is rotatably held, wherein
the supply port is at one of the ends of the container opposite to said one of the walls having the first and second outlets.