Developer container, developing device, developer supply cartridge, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAtsushi Kawarago
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Abstract
A developer container includes: an accommodating portion accommodating a developer and being provided with an opening through which the developer is passable; a shutter member for opening and closing the opening; a projection for moving the shutter member; and a guiding portion for guiding the projection. When said projection is pushed in a pushing direction, the projection is moved in a direction different from the pushing direction by being guided by the guiding portion in contact with the guiding portion and thereafter is moved in the pushing direction, thereby to move the shutter member to open the opening.
Claims12
A developer container comprising:
- an accommodating portion accommodating a developer and being provided with an opening through which the developer is passable;
- a shutter member for opening and closing the opening;
- a projection for moving said shutter member;
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- a guiding portion for guiding said projection,
- wherein when said projection is pushed in a pushing direction, said projection is moved in a direction different from the pushing direction by being guided by said guiding portion in contact with said guiding portion and thereafter is moved in the pushing direction, thereby to move said shutter member to open the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.