Developer container for an image forming apparatus
US6628915B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 30, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0692
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developer container storing a developer of the present invention includes a developer outlet formed in the side wall thereof, and a shutter member for selectively opening or closing the developer outlet. The shutter member opens the developer outlet when the developer container is mounted to the body of an image forming apparatus or closes it when the former is dismounted from the latter. The toner container with this configuration surely prevents the developer from leaking when the developer container is dismounted from an image forming apparatus.
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