Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer container, developing apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15077611Application Date: 2016-03-22
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Publication No.: US09696658B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Seiji Yamaguchi , Hiroki Ogino
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JP2015-065552 20150327
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer container, which includes an opening and is configured to store developer therein, includes a developer conveyance plate configured to convey the developer. The developer conveyance plate includes a vibration target unit configured to receive a vibration, and conveys the developer in a first direction in which the developer is conveyed toward an opening side, and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The developer is conveyed by the vibration transmitted from the vibration target unit with use of a resultant force generated by adding a conveyance component in the first direction and a conveyance component in the second direction. A maximum acceleration a1 (max) in the first direction that is provided to the developer conveyance plate by the vibration transmitted from the vibration target unit is set to a lower acceleration than a maximum acceleration a2 (max) in an opposite direction from the first direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160282762A1 DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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