Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer container
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Application No.: US16565980Application Date: 2019-09-10
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Publication No.: US10678166B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Takenori Suenaga
- Applicant: Konica Minolta Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@228bd1ee
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer container includes: a container body storing a developer, and having an opening at an end on a downstream side in a conveyance direction for conveying the developer, a side wall having a circular cross section perpendicular to the conveyance direction, and a first protrusion spirally continuing in a continuous manner or at certain intervals toward the downstream side in a specific winding direction and provided on an inner surface of the side wall; a discharge member having a connection part fixed to the opening and a discharge port from which the developer is discharged; and a regulation member having a curved surface member with a cross section perpendicular to the conveyance direction on an upstream side of the connection part, and a second protrusion spirally continuing to the downstream side in the specific winding direction and provided on an outer surface of the curved surface member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200089144A1 DEVELOPER CONTAINER Public/Granted day:2020-03-19
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