Developer container, developer supply device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus including a communication port in a partition
US10871730B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0685
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developer container includes a developer chamber configured to store a developer, a discharge port configured to discharge the developer in the developer chamber to a developing device, a developer conveyance path configured to transport the developer in the developer chamber to the discharge port, a supply port configured to supply the developer in the developer chamber to the developer conveyance path, a conveyor disposed in the developer conveyance path and configured to transport the developer to the discharge port, a partition between the developer conveyance path and the developer chamber, and a communication port disposed in the partition between the discharge port and the supply port and connecting the developer conveyance path with the developer chamber.
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