Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer container and image forming device
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Application No.: US17128313Application Date: 2020-12-21
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Publication No.: US11269268B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Shougo Sato
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC
- Priority: JP2009-227952 20090930
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/12 ; G03G21/10

Abstract:
A developer container includes a casing having a developer accommodating chamber and a waste-developer accommodating chamber, conveying member, a conveying-member accommodating unit, and a supporting member. The conveying member conveys waste developer in a longitudinal direction of the waste-developer accommodating chamber. The conveying-member accommodating unit accommodates the conveying member therein and has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is provided in an upstream end portion and allows the waste developer to move from outside of the conveying-member accommodating unit to the inside of the conveying-member accommodating unit. The second opening allows the waste-developer to move from the inside of the conveying-member accommodating unit to the waste-developer accommodating chamber. The supporting member is provided on the casing. The supporting member supports the conveying-member accommodating unit such that the conveying-member accommodating unit is movable in directions perpendicular to the longitudinal direction relative to the casing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210109458A1 DEVELOPER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-04-15
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