| US 7,574,163 B2 | ||
| Toner cartridge | ||
| Tsutomu Sato, Izunokuni (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 16, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/749,277. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-139190 (JP), filed on May 18, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0269237 A1, Nov. 22, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—260 | 8 Claims |
| 1. A toner cartridge comprising:
a toner cartridge main body which contains the toner;
discharging opening which supplies the toner contained in the toner cartridge main body;
a guide which is formed near an outer edge part of the discharging opening;
a shutter which engages the guide and slides along a predetermined direction to open/close the discharging opening;
one side of the shutter, which is parallel to the predetermined direction, having a concave formed therein for engaging with
a holding member which holds the shutter provided in an image forming apparatus, and the other side of the shutter, faced
with the one side of the shutter, having a slide supporting member which supports the shutter so as to slide on the guide;
and
an engaging supporting member which separates the holding member in a direction departing from the concave when the toner
cartridge is removed.
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