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US07826765B2 Developer container and image forming apparatus including the developer container with sealing mechanism providing enhanced usability
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显影剂容器和图像形成装置包括具有密封机构的显影剂容器，提供增强的可用性
- Patent Title: Developer container and image forming apparatus including the developer container with sealing mechanism providing enhanced usability
- Patent Title (中): 显影剂容器和图像形成装置包括具有密封机构的显影剂容器，提供增强的可用性
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Application No.: US12264592Application Date: 2008-11-04
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Publication No.: US07826765B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Yasuhiro Kuba
- Applicant: Yasuhiro Kuba
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-290104 20071107; JP2008-121606 20080507
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08
Abstract:
A developer container supplies developer to a development device and includes a storage, an opening, a first seal member, a through-hole, and a second seal member. The developer is supplied from the storage to the development device through the opening. The first seal member seals the opening and is pulled in a predetermined direction to unseal the opening. The through-hole guides the first seal member toward an opposite side of the opening. The second seal member is provided on at least one of a lead-in opening and a lead-out opening of the through-hole and elastically blocks the at least one of the lead-in opening and the lead-out opening. A non-bonded portion of the second seal member elastically blocks the at least one of the lead-in opening and the lead-out opening when the first seal member is pulled out from the through-hole through the non-bonded portion.
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