Patent ID: 8175493
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A toner cartridge comprising: a first toner holding member housing toner therein; a second toner holding member adjacent to the first toner holding member housing toner therein; a dividing wall separating the first toner holding member from the second toner holding member; a toner shifting component that shifts the toner housed in the first toner holding member; a toner stirring component that stirs the toner housed in the second toner holding member; wherein the toner shifting component and toner stirring component are magnetically coupled through the dividing wall so that when the toner stirring component rotates the toner shifting component also rotates, the toner shifting component and toner stirring component each include at least one magnet, and each of the at least one magnets is positioned within one of the toner shifting component and the toner stirring component, respectively, of the first and second toner holding members; and wherein the magnetic coupling between the toner shifting component and toner stirring component engage without an opening through the dividing wall.