Toner cartridge and image forming apparatus having toner...

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2008-08-25

2011-11-01

Hannaher, Constantine (Department: 2884)

Electrophotography

Image formation

Development

Reexamination Certificate

active

08050599

ABSTRACT:
A toner cartridge includes a toner receptacle that houses toner, a plurality of stirring members housed in the toner receptacle, a plurality of gears meshing with each other on outside of the toner receptacle, and a phase display section. The stirring members are arranged next to each other in the toner receptacle and rotate to stir the toner. Each of the stirring members has a scraper that scrapes off the toner adhering to an inner surface of the toner receptacle. The gears rotate to rotate the stirring members in an interlocked manner with each other. The phase display section shows a meshing position of the gears so that the gears mesh with each other at a position where a phase difference along a rotating direction of the stirring members occurs between the scrapers of the stirring members that are next to each other.

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Japanese Office Action dated Oct. 23, 2009, Japanese Application No. 10-2008-86633 with English translation.

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