Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer container and image forming device
- Patent Title (中): 显影容器和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12727721Application Date: 2010-03-19
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Publication No.: US08369745B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Shougo Sato
- Applicant: Shougo Sato
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC
- Priority: JP2009-227952 20090930
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
A developer container includes a casing, a conveying member, a conveying-member accommodating unit, and a supporting member. The casing extends in a longitudinal direction and has a developer accommodating chamber and a waste-developer accommodating chamber and a first opening. The developer accommodating chamber accommodates developer therein. The waste-developer accommodating chamber accommodates waste developer therein. The first opening provides fluid communication between the developer accommodating chamber and outside of the casing. The casing has a first end and a second end opposite the first end in the longitudinal direction. The conveying member is configured to convey the waste developer in a conveying direction defined to be directed from the first end to the second end. The conveying-member accommodating unit is configured to accommodate the conveying member therein. The conveying-member accommodating unit has an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion in the conveying direction. The conveying-member accommodating unit has a second opening and a third opening. The second opening is provided in the upstream end portion and provides fluid communication between inside of the conveying-member accommodating unit and outside of the conveying-member accommodating unit. The third opening provides fluid communication between the inside of the conveying-member accommodating unit and 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
- US20110076056A1 DEVELOPER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-03-31
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