Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer supplying apparatus and developer supplying system
- Patent Title (中): 显影剂供应装置和显影剂供应系统
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Application No.: US12401039Application Date: 2009-03-10
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Publication No.: US08099028B2Publication Date: 2012-01-17
- Inventor: Yusuke Yamada , Masafumi Takagi
- Applicant: Yusuke Yamada , Masafumi Takagi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2008-064249 20080313
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer supply system including a developer supply apparatus and a developer supply container which is detachably mountable to the apparatus, the system includes the developer supply container including a rotatable container body having an inner space configured and positioned to contain a developer; a feeding portion configured and positioned to feed the developer in the container body to discharge the developer out of the container body with a rotation of the container body; and a hooking portion configured and positioned to engage with the apparatus to receive a rotational force for rotating the container body; the apparatus including a driving member configured and positioned to apply the rotational force; a drive transmitting member configured and positioned to engage with the hooking portion to transmit the rotational force from the driving member to the hooking portion, the drive transmitting member, which has engaged with the hooking portion, being movable between a first position where the drive transmitting member and the driving member are engaged with each other and a second position where the drive transmitting member and the driving member are not engaged with each other; and a displacing member configured and positioned to displace the hooking portion to release an engagement between the hooking portion and the drive transmitting member which is in the second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090232546A1 DEVELOPER SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2009-09-17
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