Container storage box for deformable container containing fine particles for image formation
US8033447B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 21, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S229/94
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A container storage box containing and storing a deformable container includes a plurality of rigid sidewall faces that contain and store the deformable container while preventing random deformation of the deformable container and large and small end faces of both top and bottom ends of the plurality of rigid sidewall faces. The rigid sidewall faces regulate a configuration of the deformable container in a configuration accommodated in the container loading part while maintaining at least one of direction and/or position of content outlet of the deformable container when the deformable container is placed in the image forming apparatus. At least one of the sidewall faces includes at least two fold lines not parallel with one another and at least one end face of both top and bottom end faces except the plurality of sidewall faces has a closing mechanism that is openable, closable and capable of being assembled and disassembled.
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