Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Container and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16203172Application Date: 2018-11-28
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Publication No.: US10539917B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Seiji Inada , Chikara Imaizumi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A. Inc., IP Division
- Priority: JP2015-137311 20150708
- Main IPC: G03G21/10
- IPC: G03G21/10 ; G03G21/12 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
A container includes a collecting portion in which toner discharged from an apparatus body is accumulated, a conveying member that conveys the toner in the collecting portion in a direction away from an intake portion provided in the collecting portion, and a movable member movable in accordance with an amount of toner in the collecting portion and that causes, when the movable member reaches a first position, a detecting portion to detect an amount of toner in the collecting portion. The movable member includes a guiding portion that guides the toner in a direction away from the first position while the toner is conveyed by the conveying member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190094790A1 CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
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