Toner container for a rotary developing device
US5758235A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 26, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0685
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developing device is provided with a toner container rotatable to a toner replenishing position. The toner container has a toner outlet in a wall of the container. This outlet includes an edge portion that is downstream in the direction of the rotation of the container that is jutted towards the center of toner container rotation which is inside the toner container. This inwardly jutted edge portion of the toner outlet provides a toner outlet profile having an edge that is lower than the other edge of the toner outlet in the direction of toner container rotation so that the lower edge does not engage into contact with a toner inlet on a wall of a developing chamber of a developing device until after the toner outlet is in a position overlapping at least most of the toner inlet. The toner container can further be provided with an internal plate mounted to pivot from a position where the plate extends along an inner surface of the toner container which is spaced from but generally faces the toner outlet and a position where the swinging end of the plate pivots closer to the toner outlet without blocking it so as to help expel any toner that may have become compacted near the toner …
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