公开(公告)号：US20170199487A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-13

申请号：US15340557

申请日：2016-11-01

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Mitsuru OIKAWA ,  Min-Woo KANG ,  Jin-Hong KIM ,  Ho Young LEE

IPC: G03G15/08

CPC classification number: G03G15/0877 ,  G03G15/0868 ,  G03G15/502 ,  G03G2215/0607

Abstract: A toner cartridge including a carrier container in which one surface needed for discharge of carriers faces a toner discharge outlet, an image forming apparatus, and a method for controlling the image forming apparatus are provided. The toner cartridge includes a case, a toner container in the case so as to contain the toners; a toner outlet disposed over the case so as to discharge the container toner to the outside; and a carrier container including carriers therein such that one surface of the carrier container, through which the included carriers are discharged, is arranged to face the toner outlet.