Developer container, developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus
US9310713B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 2015 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/556
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a developer container or the like, developer is conveyed efficiently by utilizing a projecting portion included in a transmitting member and another projecting portion. A velocity vector that is generated at a free end of a conveying member and is oriented upward becomes largest during a period from when the conveying member having been in contact with the projecting portion is released from the projecting portion until when the free end of the conveying member comes into contact with a storage chamber.
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