MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202548058791 A) filed by Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, on June 19, 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 a casing including an accommodation chamber accommodating toner and a discharge opening capable of discharging the toner; a pump configured to discharge the toner through the discharge opening by using air; and a coupling member configured to receive a rotational force for driving the pump, wherein as viewed along an axis of the coupling member in a state that the toner cartridge takes an attitude in which the discharge opening directed downward, the discharge opening is on a first side with respect to a center of the pump in a horizontal direction, and an axis of the coupling member is on a second side which is opposite from the first side, with respect to the center of the pump in the horizontal direction."
The patent application was internationally filed on Sept. 15, 2020, under International application No.PCT/JP2020/035885.
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