Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer container, developing device, and process cartridge
- Patent Title (中): 显影容器,显影装置和处理盒
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Application No.: US12704858Application Date: 2010-02-12
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Publication No.: US08548352B2Publication Date: 2013-10-01
- Inventor: Takayuki Tanaka , Shinichi Nishida , Norio Takahashi , Takahiro Kawamoto
- Applicant: Takayuki Tanaka , Shinichi Nishida , Norio Takahashi , Takahiro Kawamoto
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2009-049307 20090303; JP2009-258099 20091111
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer container, which contains a developer to be supplied to a developing chamber in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the developer container including: a partition wall partitioning the container from the chamber; a conveying member conveying the developer to an opening in the partition wall to supply the developer to the chamber; a sealing member attached to a wall surface of the partition wall to cover the opening; an extending portion extending from the sealing member to an outside of the container, wherein, when the extending portion is pulled, the sealing member is separated into a remaining portion and a removal portion, and a free end of the remaining portion is positioned below an upper edge of the opening; and a spacing holding member disposed between the wall surface of the partition wall and the sealing member to hold a spacing between the wall surface and the sealing member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100226682A1 DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE Public/Granted day:2010-09-09
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