Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer container with sealing member having a plurality of holes and rotatable member having a plurality of projections contactable with the sealing member
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Application No.: US14161802Application Date: 2014-01-23
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Publication No.: US09599932B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Toshiaki Takeuchi , Yoshiyuki Batori , Ryuta Murakami , Daisuke Makiguchi , Gosuke Goto , Makoto Tokudome , Yu Fukasawa
- 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: JP2013-017477 20130131; JP2013-246516 20131128
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
An accommodating container includes: an accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer; a seal member for unsealably sealing the opening; and a rotatable member rotatably supported inside the accommodating chamber. The seal member includes a sealing portion for sealing the opening, a connecting portion connected with the rotatable member, and at least one hole provided between the sealing portion and the connecting portion. The rotatable member includes a shaft portion and at least one projection extending in a direction of being spaced from the shaft portion. The hole and the projection are provided to establish a non-overlapping positional relationship with respect to a direction along the shaft portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140212166A1 ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-07-31
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