- Patent Title: Developer container and image forming apparatus including the same
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Application No.: US16106193Application Date: 2018-08-21
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Publication No.: US10289031B2Publication Date: 2019-05-14
- Inventor: Riku Minamoto , Sadanori Nakae , Takahisa Nakaue , Koichi Hayashi , Daisuke Eto , Daichi Kawano
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agent Gerald E. Hespos; Michael J. Porco; Matthew T. Hespos
- Priority: JP2017162794 20170825
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/095

Abstract:
A developer container includes a container main body having an internal space and a developer discharge port; a movable wall moving in the internal space toward the developer discharge port; a detection surface which is a part of an inner peripheral surface that divides a storage space of a developer in the container main body and which becomes a detection region of a first detection sensor which detects the developer in the storage space; and a rotating body arranged in the storage space and capable of rotating around a rotary shaft along the first direction. The rotating body is mounted with a cleaning member which cleans the detection surface, a stirring member which stirs a developer in the storage space, and a detection target member to be a detection target of a second detection sensor which detects presence of the container main body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190064703A1 DEVELOPER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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