Patent · US Expired

Developer container, developer supplying unit, and image forming apparatus

US7245853B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims
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Filing dateSep 17, 2004
Grant dateJul 17, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0682
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A developer container includes a developer storage unit made of a flexible sheet material for storing developer, and a cap unit from which the developer is discharged. The developer storage unit includes a holding member that holds a folded state when the developer storage unit is folded.

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