Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer container and image forming apparatus including the same
- Patent Title (中): 显影剂容器和包括其的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14666752Application Date: 2015-03-24
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Publication No.: US09268260B2Publication Date: 2016-02-23
- Inventor: Daisuke Eto
- 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: JP2014-065032 20140327
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer container includes a container body, a shaft, a movable wall, and a stirring member. The container body is formed with a developer discharge port. The developer discharge port lies at a position higher than a lowest part of the container body by a predetermined amount. The movable wall includes an outer surface slidably in close contact with an inner surface of the container body, and a conveying surface defining a storage space for the developer in cooperation with the inner surface of the container body. The movable wall moves along the shaft in the internal space while conveying the developer in the storage space to the developer discharge port. The stirring member is rotated around an axis of the shaft in a specified rotational direction to stir the developer, the specified rotational direction proceeding from the lowest part of the container body to the developer discharge port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150277289A1 DEVELOPER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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