Developer storage body including frame body having contact surface with holes and seal member contacting contact surface
AssigneeOki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorShun Hatanaka
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Abstract
A developer storage body includes a frame body that stores a developer, and a rotating member a part of which is inserted into a hole portion provided in the frame body. The rotating member agitates or conveys the developer in the frame body. A seal member is held between the frame body and the rotating member in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotating member. The frame body has a contact surface in contact with the seal member. The contact surface has a first contact region in which a plurality of holes are formed and arranged in a circumferential direction, and first contact portions are each formed between two of the plurality of holes adjacent to each other.
Claims13
A developer storage body comprising:
- a frame body that stores a developer;
- a rotating member a part of which is inserted into a hole portion provided in the frame body, the rotating member agitating or conveying the developer in the frame body;
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- a seal member held between the frame body and the rotating member in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotating member,
- wherein the frame body has a contact surface in contact with the seal member,
- wherein the contact surface has a first contact region in which a plurality of holes are formed and arranged in a circumferential direction about the rotation axis, and first contact portions are each formed between two of the plurality of holes adjacent to each other,
- wherein the plurality of holes have depths in the direction of the rotation axis from the contact surface, and
- wherein a portion of the seal member enters into at least one of the plurality of holes in the direction of the rotation axis.
A developer storage body comprising:
- a frame body storing a developer;
- a rotating member a part of which is inserted into a hole portion provided in the frame body, the rotating member agitating or conveying the developer in the frame body;
- and
- a seal member held between the frame body and the rotating member in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotating member,
- wherein the frame body has a contact surface in contact with the seal member, and
- wherein the contact surface has:
- a first contact region in which a plurality of holes are formed and arranged in a circumferential direction about the rotation axis, and first contact portions are each formed between two of the plurality of holes adjacent to each other, the first contact region restricting a movement of the seal member relative to the frame body, and
- a second contact region formed at a region different from the first contact region in a radial direction about the rotation axis, the second contact region restricting leakage of the developer from inside to outside of the frame body through the hole portion,
- wherein the plurality of holes have depths in the direction of the rotation axis from the contact surface, and
- wherein a portion of the seal member enters into at least one of the plurality of holes in the direction of the rotation axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.