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Toner housing container and image forming apparatus

US9348259B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateMay 15, 2014
Grant dateMay 24, 2016
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0872
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A toner housing container includes a container body housing a toner; a conveying portion conveying the toner from one end of the container body, in a longer direction of the container body, to its other end at which a container opening portion is provided; a pipe receiving port receiving a conveying pipe fixed to a toner conveying device; and an uplifting portion moving the toner toward a toner receiving port of conveying pipe. Such toner has a molecular weight distribution having a peak in a range of 103 to 104, and has C/R of from 0.03 to 0.55 between peak height C attributed to crystalline polyester resin and R attributed to non-crystalline resin when measured by FT-IR after stored at 45° C. for 12 hours.

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