Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer cartridge and developing unit provided with the same
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Application No.: US15171715Application Date: 2016-06-02
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Publication No.: US09753400B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Shougo Sato
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2009-109614 20090428; JP2009-109622 20090428
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer cartridge assembled to a developing device defining therein a developing chamber. The developer cartridge includes a first accommodating portion, and a first agitator. The first accommodating portion accommodates therein a developing agent and is positioned beside the developing device. The first accommodating portion includes a first wall part neighboring the developing device. The first wall part is formed with a first through-hole and a second through-hole. The first through-hole is open diagonally downward from the first accommodating portion to the developing device. The second through-hole is open diagonally upward from the first accommodating portion to the developing device. The first through-hole and the second through-hole allow communication between an interior of the first accommodating portion and the developing chamber. The first agitator is rotatably disposed in the first accommodating portion and in sliding contact with the first wall part in a vertical direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160274496A1 Developer Cartridge and Developing Unit Provided With The Same Public/Granted day:2016-09-22
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