Developer replenishing container
US6405011B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S222/01
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developer-replenishing container having a cylindrical container body holding a developer, a front bottleneck for output of the developer, a tubular front extension axially connected between the container body and the front bottleneck, smooth developer guide wall portions and oblique developer guide wall portions alternatively arranged in a spiral series inside the container body and the tubular front extension and adapted to guide the developer toward the front bottleneck without causing a laminar flow.
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