Patent · US Expired

End member and process cartridge

US6137971A · kind A · utility

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23Claims
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Filing dateApr 20, 1999
Grant dateOct 24, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 20, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1648
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention facilitates the work for filling developer into a developer containing portion. An end member, used for a process cartridge, has a detachable handle member, which connects with one end in a longitudinal direction of a sealing member, for being held when the sealing member is unsealed, and is mounted on one end in a longitudinal direction of the developer containing portion to cover a developer filling port.

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