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US 2005/0089347 A1Published application
Developer container, developer supplying unit, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsSatoshi Muramatsu, Nobuo Iwata, Junichi Matsumoto, Nobutaka Takeuchi, Takayuki Koike
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Abstract
A developer container includes a developer storage unit made of a flexible sheet material for storing developer, and a cap unit from which the developer is discharged. The developer storage unit includes a holding member that holds a folded state when the developer storage unit is folded.
Claims15
A developer container, comprising:
- a developer storage unit made of a flexible sheet material for storing developer;
- and
- a cap unit from which the developer is discharged, wherein
- the developer storage unit includes a holding member that holds a folded state when the developer storage unit is folded.
1 more element
A developer supplying unit comprising:
- a developer container including
- a developer storage unit made of a flexible sheet material for storing developer that includes a holding member that holds a folded state when the developer storage unit is folded;
- and
- a cap unit from which the developer is discharged;
- and
- a pumping unit that pumps the developer to supply the developer to a developing unit, wherein
- a volume of the developer container is reduced with pumping of the developer.
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An image forming apparatus comprising a developer supplying unit that includes
- a developer container including
- a developer storage unit made of a flexible sheet material for storing developer that includes a holding member that holds a folded state when the developer storage unit is folded;
- and
- a cap unit from which the developer is discharged;
- and
- a pumping unit that pumps the developer to supply the developer to a developing unit, wherein
- a volume of the developer container is reduced with pumping of the developer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.