| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To surely interrupt a toner path and to separate a toner into a supply side and a receiving side by providing an elastic member which is provided on the supply side and the receiving side, and connects hermetically the toner path by elastic force, and a shutter member which slides so as to segment elastic member and opens and closes the toner path. CONSTITUTION:When a supply side 3 and a receiving side 4 are connected, elastic members 6, 7 provided on the supply side 3 and the receiving side 4 is adhered hermetically to each other in a connecting part of a toner path, and a toner is delivered to the receiving side 4 from the supply side 3 through the inside of the toner path without leaking to the outside. At the time of separating the supply side 3 and the receiving side 4, a shutter member 10 slides so as to segment the elastic members 6, 7, and the toner path is closed. A toner 5 filled in the toner path is segmented to the supply side 3 and the receiving side 4 as the shutter member 10 slides. During that time, since the elastic members 6, 7 are adhered hermetically to the shutter member 10, the toner does not leak to the outside and the toner path is interrupted. In such a memory, the toner path is interrupted surely, and the toner can be separated into the supply side and the receiving side without generating toner contamination to the outside. |
