MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202548058415 A) filed by Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, on June 18, for 'toner cartridge and image forming apparatus.'
Inventor(s) include Asanuma, Naoya; Hamada, Takatoshi; Tanabe, Masato; Kawamura, Tomofumi; and Atsu, Yusuke.
The application for the patent was published on June 27, under issue no. 26/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a toner cartridge and an image forming apparatus comprising such a cartridge. This cartridge comprises (i) a casing including (i-i) toner accommodation chamber accommodating toner, and (i-ii) a discharge opening capable of discharging the toner; (ii) a pump including (ii-i) a movable portion and a (ii-ii) a connecting portion mounted on the casing, the pump being configured to discharge the toner through the discharge opening by reciprocation of movable portion; (iii) a drive input member for receiving a rotational force for driving the pump; and (iv) a rotatable member rotatable about an axis thereof and configured to reciprocate the movable portion of the pump by rotation thereof, the rotatable member including (iv-i) a gear portion configured to receive a rotational force from the drive input member, wherein the movable portion of the pump effects reciprocating motion in a direction of the axis of the rotatable member, the gear portion of the rotatable member surrounds the connecting portion of the pump, and as viewed in the direction of the axis of the rotatable member, the gear portion of the rotatable member and the movable portion of the pump at least partly overlap with each other."
The patent application was internationally filed on Sept. 15, 2020, under International application No.PCT/JP2020/035885.
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