Developer container, developing cartridge, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
US9229371B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 23, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0875
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developer container includes: a developer accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer; a sealing member bonded to the developer accommodating container so as to block the opening; and a rotatable member, having a connecting surface where the sealing member is connected thereto, for peeling off the sealing member from the opening by rotation thereof. The connecting surface has a rectangular shape which has a long side with respect to a rotational axis direction of the rotatable member and which is twisted in a rotational direction of the rotatable member.
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