Developer collecting container
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasato Yuasa
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Abstract
A developer collecting container 1, mountable to and dismountable from an accommodating portion 10 provided in an apparatus, for collecting a collected matter which is powder or a fluid collected in the apparatus has a constitution in which a bonding portion 5 partially bonding opposing sides of sides forming an accommodating portion 3 for accommodating the collected matter is provided and in which at least a part of the bonding portion 5 is positioned below a height at which a volume of the accommodating portion 3 is half of a target collecting volume in a case that the volume is measured upwardly from a lowermost portion with respect to a direction of gravitation.
Claims24
A developer collecting container, mountable to and dismountable from an image forming apparatus for forming an image with a developer, for collecting the developer, said developer collecting container comprising:
- a receiving opening for receiving the developer, a bottom, a first side largest in surface area among sides forming said developer collecting container, and a second side being in a position opposing said first side, wherein said developer collecting container includes a bonding portion bonding a part of an in-plane portion of said first side and a part of an in-plane portion of said second side together.
A developer collecting container, mountable to and dismountable from an image forming apparatus for forming an image with a developer, for collecting the developer, said developer collecting container comprising:
- a receiving opening for receiving the developer, a bottom, a first side, a second side being in a position opposing said first side, and a bonding portion bonding a part of an in-plane portion of said first side and a part of an in-plane portion of said second side together, wherein
- a height from said bottom to said bonding portion is smaller than a height at which a volume of said accommodating portion is half of a target collecting volume.
A developer collecting container, mountable to and dismountable from an image forming apparatus for forming an image with a developer, for collecting the developer, said developer collecting container comprising:
- a receiving opening for receiving the developer, a bottom, a first side, a second side being in a position opposing said first side, a bonding portion bonding a part of an in-plane portion of said first side and a part of an in-plane portion of said second side together, and
- a portion-to-be-detected for detecting the developer in said developer collecting container, wherein a height from said bottom to said bonding portion is smaller than a height at which a volume of said accommodating portion is half of a target collecting volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.