Developer storage device and image forming apparatus
US7197263B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 10, 2004 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0685
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developer storage device includes a storage container which supplies developer to a developing unit when rotated, and a collecting container for storing developer collected from an image forming section. The developer storage device further includes a first attaching and detaching portion allowing the storage container to be attached to and detached from a developer storage device body, and a second attaching and detaching portion allowing the collecting container to be attached to and detached from the developer storage device body.
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