US Patent Issued to Canon on Dec. 30 for "Toner cartridge, image forming apparatus, and remanufacturing method of used toner cartridge" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,847, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Toner cartridge, image forming apparatus, and remanufacturing method of used toner cartridge" was invented by Toshiki Fujino (Kanagawa, Japan), Tachio Kawai (Tokyo), Teruhiko Sasaki (Shizuoka, Japan), Daisuke Abe (Shizuoka, Japan), Yasunori Toriyama (Shizuoka, Japan) and Kaori Noguchi (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner cartridge includes a frame including a toner accommodating chamber provided with a discharge opening; an elastic seal provided with a through hole; a pump communicating with the toner accommodating chamber; a sealing member capable of tak...