Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Downsized developer container with higher degree of freedom
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Application No.: US15929126Application Date: 2019-04-23
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Publication No.: US10558145B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Tomohiro Kubota , Naoki Nakatake , Yoshiyuki Shimizu , Shoh Tsuritani , Manabu Hamada , Masato Tsuji , Masanari Fujita
- Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2011-164036 20110727; JP2012-019937 20120201; JP2012-019940 20120201
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
The developer container includes a rotator that is rotated in the container body, a sequence of gears disposed outside the developer container that transmits a torque to the rotator, and a container guiding portion that fits with a main body side guiding portion and guides the developer container in a direction in which the developer container is attached to a mounting portion of an image forming device main body. A first gear included in the sequence of the gears is movable between an operating position where the first gear engages with a second gear and a retracted position where the first gear is retracted. On a surface on which the container guiding portion is disposed, a part of the container guiding portion is disposed within a projected area of the first gear being disposed at the operating position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190250533A1 DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-08-15
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