Patent · US Expired

Developer supply container

US7242893B2 · kind B2 · utility

91Cited by
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20Claims
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Filing dateDec 7, 2004
Grant dateJul 10, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 13, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/085
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A developer supply container detachably mountable to developer receiving apparatus, includes container body accommodating a developer, the container body being provided with a developer supply port for supplying the developer through a developer receiving port provided in the developer receiving apparatus; a driving connecting member for operatively connecting to a driving member provided in the developer receiving apparatus, the driving connecting member being movable relative to the container body; and an interrelating mechanism for interrelating movement of the driving connecting member with movement of the developer supply port to face the developer receiving port.

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