Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer storage container and image forming apparatus with same
- Patent Title (中): 显影剂储存容器及其成像装置
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Application No.: US14090268Application Date: 2013-11-26
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Publication No.: US09235162B2Publication Date: 2016-01-12
- Inventor: Ikuo Makie , Kenichi Tamaki , Minoru Wada , Shizuka Okada , Tamotsu Shimizu
- 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: JP2012-259584 20121128
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer storage container includes a container main body, a tubular portion projecting from the container main body, and a rotary member extending from the container main body to the tubular portion. The rotary member includes a first section located in the container main body and a second section located in the tubular portion. A first conveying member for conveying developer in a first conveying direction is arranged on the second section of a rotary shaft, and a second conveying member for conveying the developer in a second conveying direction is arranged radially outwardly of the first conveying member around the first section. A first flexible member radially extending to a side outward of the second conveying member and a second flexible member radially extending to a side outward of the second conveying member and having a shorter length than the first flexible member are mounted on the rotary shaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140147175A1 DEVELOPER STORAGE CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH SAME Public/Granted day:2014-05-29
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