Developer container, developing device, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsNaohiro Kawashima, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Yuki Oshikawa, Yuuki Tsuchiya, Ryusuke Mase, Tsutomu Iwata
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Abstract
A developer container includes a plurality of components combined together to form a space to store a developer. The plurality of components includes a first component and a second component. The developer container further includes a sealant to bond the first component and the second component, and a position regulator to regulate relative positions of the first component and the second component so as to maintain a distance between an adhesion portion of the first component and an adhesion portion of the second component.
Claims20
A developer container, comprising:
- a plurality of components combined together to form a space to store a developer, the plurality of components including a first component and a second component;
- a sealant to bond the first component and the second component;
- a first position regulator to regulate relative positions of the first component and the second component so as to maintain a distance between an adhesion portion of the first component and an adhesion portion of the second component, and a second position regulator to prevent the first component from separating from the second component;
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- a seal, wherein the seal is elastically deformed to seal between the first component and the second component.
A developer container prepared by a process comprising:
- applying a sealant to a first component of a plurality of components to be combined together to form a space to store a developer, the plurality of components including the first component and a second component;
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- bonding the first component to which the sealant was applied and the second component to form the developer container, the developer container including a first position regulator to regulate relative positions of the first component and the second component so as to maintain a distance between an adhesion portion of the first component and an adhesion portion of the second component, a second position regulator to prevent the first component from separating from the second component, and a seal, wherein the seal is elastically deformed to seal between the first component and the second component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.