Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer storage container and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 显影剂储存容器和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11930665Application Date: 2007-10-31
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Publication No.: US07904007B2Publication Date: 2011-03-08
- Inventor: Yuichiro Takesue , Takeshi Ohkawa
- Applicant: Yuichiro Takesue , Takeshi Ohkawa
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC
- Priority: JP2006-313584 20061120
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner cartridge is a developer storage container for storing toner (developer) in a hollow cylindrical section that is driven to rotate on its axis so that the stored toner is discharged from an outlet. The cylindrical section has an inner circumferential surface provided with a plurality of liner protruding portions that extend in a direction tilted with respect to a rotation direction of the cylindrical section. Moreover, the toner cartridge includes a stirring member capable of moving in the cylindrical section so as to collide with the protruding portions. This makes it possible to stably supply a developer and to realize an inexpensive developer storage container whose size can be reduced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080118278A1 DEVELOPER STORAGE CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2008-05-22
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