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US 2019/0155212 A1Published application
Developer supply container and developer supplying system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsManabu Jimba, Ayatomo Okino, Katsuya Murakami, Toshiaki Nagashima, Fumio Tazawa
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Abstract
A developer supply container includes a developer accommodating body configured to contain developer. A developer discharging body is provided in fluid communication with the developer accommodating body, with the developer discharging body having a discharge opening through which the developer may be discharged from the developer discharging body, and with the developer accommodating body being rotatable relative to the developer discharging body. A track is provided at each of opposite sides of the developer discharging body.
Claims29
1-25. (canceled)
A developer supply container comprising:
- a developer accommodating body configured to contain developer;
- a developer discharging body in fluid communication with the developer accommodating body, the developer discharging body having a discharge opening configured to form at least a part of a discharge passageway through which developer may be discharged to outside of the developer supply container, with the developer accommodating body being rotatable about a rotational axis thereof relative to the developer discharging body;
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- a track provided at each of opposite sides of the developer discharging body, each track being provided below a plane that (i) includes the rotational axis and (ii) divides the developer supply container into a lower section that includes the discharge opening and an upper section, each track including (i) a first part that extends from a first position to a second position, with the second position being closer to the plane than the first position, and (ii) a second part extending from the second position of the first part such that a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis and passing through the second part passes through an end of the discharge passageway when the discharge passageway through which developer is discharged to outside of the developer supply container is formed,
- wherein, when the developer supply container is oriented such that the tracks are between an uppermost side and a lowermost side of the developer supply container, the end of the discharge passageway is positioned at a bottommost side of the developer supply container.
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A developer supply container comprising:
- a developer accommodating body configured to contain developer;
- a developer discharging body in fluid communication with the developer accommodating body, the developer discharging body having a discharge opening that is configured to form at least a part of a discharge passageway, with the developer accommodating body being rotatable about a rotational axis thereof relative to the developer discharging body;
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- a track provided at each of opposite sides of the developer discharging body, each track being provided below a plane that (i) includes the rotational axis and (ii) divides the developer supply container into a lower section that includes the discharge opening and an upper section, each track including (i) a first part that extends from a first position to a second position, with the second position being closer to the plane than the first position, and (ii) a second part extending from the second position of the first part such that a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis and passing through the second part passes through an end of the discharge passageway through which developer is discharged to outside of the developer supply container when the discharge passageway through which developer is discharged to outside of the developer supply container is formed,
- wherein the end of the discharge passageway is positioned closer to the developer accommodating body than the first part of each track.
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A developer supply container comprising:
- a developer accommodating body;
- developer contained in the developer accommodating body;
- a developer discharging body in fluid communication with the developer accommodating body, the developer discharging body having a discharge opening configured to form at least a part of a discharge passageway through which developer may be discharged to outside of the developer supply container, with the developer accommodating body being rotatable about a rotational axis thereof relative to the developer discharging body;
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- a track provided at each of opposite sides of the developer discharging body, each track being provided below a plane that (i) includes the rotational axis and (ii) divides the developer supply container into a lower section that includes the discharge opening and an upper section, each track including (i) a first part that extends from a first position to a second position, with the second position being closer to the plane than the first position, and (ii) a second part extending from the second position of the first part such that a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis and passing through the second part passes through an end of the discharge passageway when the discharge passageway through which developer is discharged to outside of the developer supply container is formed,
- wherein, when the developer supply container is oriented such that the tracks are between an uppermost side and a lowermost side of the developer supply container, the end of the discharge passageway is positioned at a bottommost side of the developer supply container.
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A developer supply container comprising:
- a developer accommodating body;
- developer contained in the developer accommodating body;
- a developer discharging body in fluid communication with the developer accommodating body, the developer discharging body having a discharge opening that is configured to form at least a part of a discharge passageway, with the developer accommodating body being rotatable about a rotational axis thereof relative to the developer discharging body;
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- a track provided at each of opposite sides of the developer discharging body, each track being provided below a plane that (i) includes the rotational axis and (ii) divides the developer supply container into a lower section that includes the discharge opening and an upper section, each track including (i) a first part that extends from a first position to a second position, with the second position being closer to the plane than the first position, and (ii) a second part extending from the second position of the first part such that a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis and passing through the second part passes through an end of the discharge passageway through which developer is discharged to outside of the developer supply container when the discharge passageway through which developer is discharged to outside of the developer supply container is formed,
- wherein the end of the discharge passageway is positioned closer to the developer accommodating body than the first part of each track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.