| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner cartridge, a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus constituted so that a toner is prevented from falling and operator's hands and clothes are prevented from being soiled by the toner when the toner cartridge is detached from the process cartridge. <P>SOLUTION: When the inner shutter 14 of the toner cartridge 1 is turned in a direction shown by an arrow A so as to close a toner supply port 1a, an engagement projection 15a presses and turns the engagement projection 10d of a lever 10b, and then, a cleaning member 16 is shifted in a plus direction of an X axis with the turning of the projection 10d, then, the outer peripheral surface of the inner shutter 14 is cleaned by the cleaning member 16, and the sticking toner is scraped off. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |
