Developer container with commonly driven mixer and toner supply
US6542709B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 1, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/085
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developer container having a gear transmission mechanism coupled between a mixer, which is mounted inside the container body of the developer container to mix developer, and a propelling screw, which is mounted in a developer supply trough at a bottom side of the developer container and adapted to propel developer out of the developer container and the developer supply trough, for enabling the mixer to be rotated to mix developer upon rotary motion of the propelling screw to propel developer out of the developer supply trough.
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