Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer container, image forming unit, image forming apparatus, and developer container control method
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Application No.: US16388918Application Date: 2019-04-19
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Publication No.: US10663888B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Takanori Mimura
- Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@5d213289
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer container includes a body, an agitating bar, and an agitating film. The body includes a bottom plate; a first side wall; a second side wall facing the first side wall; a developer chamber defined by the bottom plate, the first side wall, and the second side wall, the developer chamber storing developer; and an opening formed in the bottom plate to allow the developer chamber to communicate with an outside of the developer chamber and allow the developer to be supplied from the developer chamber to the outside of the developer chamber. The agitating bar is configured to rotate to agitate the developer stored in the developer chamber. The agitating film is attached to the agitating bar and configured to, when rotation of the agitating bar stops, stop in a state where the agitating film abuts the first side wall and the second side wall.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190332035A1 DEVELOPER CONTAINER, IMAGE FORMING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DEVELOPER CONTAINER CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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