- Patent Title: Cartridge provided with pivotable member for new product detection
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Application No.: US14611393Application Date: 2015-02-02
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Publication No.: US09612548B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Masatoshi Shiraki , Yasuo Fukamachi
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Labushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Labushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2011-256106 20111124
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/18 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A cartridge includes: a casing for accommodating developer; a rotatable body rotatably provided at the casing; a pivot member; and a biasing member. The rotatable body is rotatable about a rotational axis, the rotatable body having an outer circumference defining a rotational path during rotation. The pivot member is disposed at the rotatable body at a position offset from the rotational axis and is pivotable about a pivot fulcrum extending in a direction parallel to a tangential direction of the rotational path. The pivot member being pivotably movable between an erect position in which the pivot member erects to form a first angle relative to the rotatable body and a collapsed position in which the pivot member pivots toward the rotatable body to form a second angle smaller than the first angle relative to the rotational body. The biasing member biases the pivot member toward the erect position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150153681A1 Cartridge Provided with Pivotable Member for New Product Detection Public/Granted day:2015-06-04
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