Invention Application
- Patent Title: DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPER SUPPLYING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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Application No.: US12140361Application Date: 2008-06-17
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Publication No.: US20080286013A1Publication Date: 2008-11-20
- Inventor: Hiroshi Hosokawa , Kiyonori Tsuda , Satoshi Narumi , Ryuta Takeichi , Yuji Arai , Masanori Kawasumi , Kazuhiko Umemura , Hiroshi Ishii , Yutaka Fukuchi , Kazuki Suzuki , Yuusuke Noguchi , Kazuosa Kuma , Makoto Kikura
- Applicant: Hiroshi Hosokawa , Kiyonori Tsuda , Satoshi Narumi , Ryuta Takeichi , Yuji Arai , Masanori Kawasumi , Kazuhiko Umemura , Hiroshi Ishii , Yutaka Fukuchi , Kazuki Suzuki , Yuusuke Noguchi , Kazuosa Kuma , Makoto Kikura
- Priority: JP2003-052658 20030228; JP2003-054478 20030228; JP2004-004668 20040109
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer container has a main part accommodating a developer therein and is detachably attached to a main part of an image forming apparatus. The developer container comprises an outlet provided at a side of the developer container to discharge the developer from the developer container. An input unit is provided adjacent to the outlet and has a small-diameter portion an inside diameter of which is smaller than a diameter of the container main part wherein, when the developer container is attached to the image forming apparatus, the input unit is engaged with a drive motor of the image forming apparatus to receive a rotating force of the drive motor. A developer guiding unit causes the developer inside the developer container to be moved to the outlet beyond the small-diameter portion of the input unit by rotation of the developer container.
Public/Granted literature
- US07835673B2 Developer container, developer supplying device, and image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2010-11-16
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