Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer container, developer replenishing device, developing device, and image forming apparatus using same
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Application No.: US14701153Application Date: 2015-04-30
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Publication No.: US09329526B2Publication Date: 2016-05-03
- Inventor: Masaki Takahashi , Kunihiro Ohyama , Hideki Kimura
- Applicant: Masaki Takahashi , Kunihiro Ohyama , Hideki Kimura
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P
- Priority: JP2012-192572 20120831
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08
Abstract:
A developer container removably installable in an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus includes a container body to contain developer, a cap connectable to the container body, the cap including a supply opening, and a flange projecting beyond an outer circumferential surface of the cap in a radial direction extending from a center of a cross section of the container body. The flange is formed along a circumference of the container body and provided between the container body and the cap.
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