- Patent Title: Developer container, image forming unit and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US14860394Application Date: 2015-09-21
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Publication No.: US09625855B2Publication Date: 2017-04-18
- Inventor: Atsushi Ota
- Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
- Priority: JP2015-010041 20150122
- Main IPC: G03G21/12
- IPC: G03G21/12 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer container according to the invention includes a developer containing unit, a partition member, and a moving restricting member. The developer containing unit has a developer containing chamber for containing an unused developing agent and a waste developer containing chamber for containing a waste developing agent. The partition member partitions the developer containing chamber and the waste developer containing chamber. The moving restricting member permits the partition member moving from a side of the waste developer containing chamber to a side of the developer containing chamber and restricts the partition member moving from the side of the developer containing chamber to the side of the waste developer containing chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160216638A1 DEVELOPER CONTAINER, IMAGE FORMING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
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