Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer conveyance apparatus and process cartridge
- Patent Title (中): 显影剂输送装置和处理盒
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Application No.: US13612551Application Date: 2012-09-12
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Publication No.: US09176418B2Publication Date: 2015-11-03
- Inventor: Satoshi Tsuda , Takahito Ueno
- Applicant: Satoshi Tsuda , Takahito Ueno
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2011-215332 20110929; JP2011-215333 20110929
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G21/18
Abstract:
A developer conveyance apparatus for an image forming apparatus includes a developer storage portion, a developer conveyance portion arranged inside the developer storage portion and, a drive input portion configured to input a drive force to the developer conveyance portion, and a clutch arranged inside the developer storage portion and configured to transmit the drive force from the drive input portion to the developer conveyance portion, the clutch stopping or decelerating a rotation of the developer conveyance portion when a requisite torque for rotating the developer conveyance portion exceeds a predetermined magnitude, wherein the clutch is arranged inside the developer storage portion and includes at least one clutch side conveyance portion which, when receiving the drive force from the drive input portion, conveys the developer in a developer conveyance direction in which the developer conveyance portion conveys the developer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130084106A1 DEVELOPER CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE Public/Granted day:2013-04-04
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