Developer storing body, image forming unit and image forming apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorsAtsushi Ohta, Yukiyoshi Oda, Ken Nozawa
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Abstract
A developer storing body is detachably attached to an image forming unit main body of an image forming unit. The developer storing body includes a cartridge main body for storing a developer. The cartridge main body has a developer outlet opening through which the developer is ejected. The developer storing body includes an outlet shutter member movable with respect to the cartridge main body so as to open and close the developer outlet opening. A movable direction of the outlet shutter member is substantially the same as a direction in which the developer storing body is attached to or detached from the image forming unit main body.
Claims18
A developer storing body detachably attached to an image forming unit main body of an image forming unit, said developer storing body comprising:
- a cartridge main body for storing a developer, said cartridge main body having a developer outlet opening through which said developer is ejected, and
- an outlet shutter member movable with respect to said cartridge main body so as to open and close said developer outlet opening,
- wherein a movable direction of said outlet shutter member is substantially the same as a direction in which said developer storing body is attached to and detached from said image forming unit main body.
The developer storing body according to claim wherein said outlet shutter member has an operating portion integrally formed therewith.
A developer storing body comprising:
- a cartridge main body for storing a developer, said cartridge main body having a developer outlet opening through which said developer is ejected, and
- an outlet shutter member movable with respect to said cartridge main body, said outlet shutter member being moved by an operation of an operating portion so as to open and close said developer outlet opening,
- wherein said cartridge main body has a protrusion protruding in a predetermined direction, and
- wherein said outlet shutter member is movable in a direction substantially parallel to said predetermined direction in which said protrusion protrudes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.