TONER CARTRIDGE

• Main Authors: YADA TAKAYUKI, KASHIIDE YOSUKE, GOFUKU SHUICHI, TAKEUCHI TOSHIHARU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 11.01.2024
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS

To further develop a conventional technology.SOLUTION: A toner cartridge has: (a) a first rotating member that is rotatable around an axis line extending in an axial direction; (b) a frame body that is provided with a first chamber, a second chamber, a first opening, and a second opening for storing toner, and that has (i) a wall that partitions the first chamber and the second chamber from each other to prevent the toner from moving between the first chamber and the second chamber, and (ii) a first end and a second end opposite to the first end in the axial direction, wherein (iii) the first chamber accommodates the first rotating member, the outside of the frame body and the first chamber are communicated through the first opening, and the outside of the frame body and the second chamber are communicated through the second opening; and (c) a memory that has a memory contact electrically connected with a storage element. In the axial direction, a distance between the memory contact and the first end is shorter than a distance between the memory contact and the second end, and a distance between the second opening and the second end is shorter than a distance between the second opening and the first end.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12 【課題】 従来の技術をさらに発展させること。【解決手段】 トナーカートリッジが、（ａ）軸線方向に延びる軸線の周りに回転可能な第１回転部材と、（ｂ）トナーを収容するための第１室と、第２室と、第１開口と、第２開口とが備えられた枠体であって、（ｉ）第１室と第２室の間をトナーが移動することを防止するように、第１室と第２室を仕切る壁と、（ｉｉ）軸線方向における第１端と、第１端の反対の第２端と、を有し、（ｉｉｉ）第１室が第１回転部材を収容し、第１開口が枠体の外側と第１室を連通し、第２開口が枠体の外側と第２室を連通する枠体と、（ｃ）記憶素子に電気的に接続されたメモリ接点とを有するメモリと、を有する。軸線方向について、メモリ接点と第１端の距離は、メモリ接点と第２端の距離よりも短く、第２開口と第２端の距離は、第２開口と第１端の距離よりも短い。【選択図】 図１２