Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer container configured to reduce dead space in the path of the developer
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Application No.: US15077266Application Date: 2016-03-22
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Publication No.: US09772581B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Hiroki Ogino , Tomonori Matsunaga
- 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: JP2015-065550 20150327
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/16
Abstract:
A developer container, which is configured to contain developer therein, includes a developer conveyance plate configured to allow the developer to be placed thereon and convey the developer, an opening member including an opening for discharging the developer, and a coupling member coupling the opening member and the developer conveyance plate with each other. The developer conveyance plate includes a vibration target unit configured to receive a vibration. The coupling member extends/compresses, or swings when the developer conveyance plate conveys the developer toward an opening side where the opening is located.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160282757A1 DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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