Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stopper for developer filling port and developing device
- Patent Title (中): 显影剂填充口和显影装置的止动器
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Application No.: US13072128Application Date: 2011-03-25
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Publication No.: US08639155B2Publication Date: 2014-01-28
- Inventor: Shuichi Kato
- Applicant: Shuichi Kato
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-123778 20100531
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
A stopper for plugging a developer filling port includes a stopper main body and a lock member engageable with the stopper main body. The stopper main body is configured to be fitted to the filling port and shaped like a tube with a bottom. The lock member has a rigidity greater than that of the stopper main body, the lock member engaged with the stopper main body serves to restrict deformation of the stopper main body. A developing device for use in an image forming apparatus includes the stopper configured as described above to be fitted to its developer filling port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110293320A1 STOPPER FOR DEVELOPER FILLING PORT AND DEVELOPING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-12-01
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