Developer supply container with shutter movement prevention feature
US7266330B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 16, 2004 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/067
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving device having a receiving opening for receiving a developer, an apparatus shutter for opening and closing the receiving opening, the developer supply container including a container body for containing the developer, the container body including a discharge opening for discharging the developer; a container shutter for opening and closing the discharge opening by a rotational movement of the container body with the container shutter being prevented from moving by the developer receiving device; an interrelating portion for interrelating the rotational movement of the apparatus shutter with the container body such that apparatus shutter starts moving when a neighborhood of a leading, with respect to a moving direction thereof, end of the discharge opening exposed by the container shutter, is substantially aligned with a neighborhood of a trailing edge of the apparatus shutter.
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