Patent ID: 9052638
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A cartridge comprising: a toner accommodating frame for accommodating toner, wherein said toner accommodating frame includes (i) a toner feeding opening communicating with a toner feeding chamber and (ii) a side wall that has a toner filling port for permitting filling of the toner; a rotatable member rotatably supported in said toner accommodating frame; and a toner seal member for sealing said toner feeding opening, wherein said toner seal member includes a first fixed portion and a second fixed portion that are fixed on said toner accommodating frame at an edge of said toner feeding opening along a longitudinal direction of said toner feeding opening, and said toner seal member includes a third fixed portion fixed on said rotatable member, wherein, with rotation of said rotatable member, said first fixed portion of said toner seal member is peeled off from a fixing portion to open said toner feeding opening, and wherein the toner is filled into said toner accommodating frame through said toner filling port such that the toner is first filled into a recess defined by said toner seal member.