Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer container, developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 显影剂容器,显影装置,处理盒和成像装置
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Application No.: US14630873Application Date: 2015-02-25
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Publication No.: US09335664B2Publication Date: 2016-05-10
- Inventor: Makoto Tokudome , Ryosuke Kanai
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2014-038084 20140228
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer container includes: an accommodating chamber, provided with an opening for permitting discharge of a developer; and developer feeding means. The developer feeding means includes: a rotatable member; a developer feeding member fixed on the rotatable member; a sealing member for opening the opening by the rotation of the rotatable member, wherein one end portion thereof is fixed on the rotatable member and the other end portion thereof is provided so as to seal the opening; and a regulating portion for regulating the sealing member, which is wound about the rotatable member after the opening is opened by the rotation of the rotatable member, so as to expose a feeding surface of the developer feeding member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150248079A1 DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-09-03
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