Toner accommodating container with a gripping cover feature usable with a process cartridge, a process cartridge using the same, and an apparatus using the process cartridge
US5943528A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 24, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1853
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A toner accommodating container usable with a process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, wherein the process cartridge contains an electrophotographic photosensitive member and a processing device actable on the electrophotographic photosensitive member, the container includes a toner accommodating portion for accommodating toner to be used for developing a latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive member; a cover member provided to cover an opening of the toner accommodating portion; a grip portion provided on the cover member; a partition wall extending in the toner accommodating portion along a short side thereof with a gap between the partition wall and the cover member, and wherein the partition wall and the cover member are contactable to each other when the toner accommodating container is handled with the grip portion, and the cover member is deformed.
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