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US 6,587,660 B2Granted
Developing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakahito Ueno, Hisayoshi Kojima, Kazunari Murayama, Tadashi Horikawa
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Abstract
A developing apparatus includes a developer container. An agitating member agitates developer contained in the developer container. A drive transmitting member transmits power to the agitating member by engaging a rotary shaft of the agitating member. A bearing is adapted to rotatably hold the drive transmitting member to the developer container. The bearing includes a notched portion having a rotation regulating and positioning function to prevent the bearing from being dislodged from the developer container.
Claims8
A developing apparatus comprising:
- a developer container;
- an agitating member for agitating developer contained in said developer container;
- a drive transmitting member for transmitting power to said agitating member by engaging a rotary shaft of said agitating member;
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- a bearing adapted to rotatably hold said drive transmitting member, said bearing being attached to said developer container;
- wherein said bearing includes dislodgement preventing means for preventing said bearing from being dislodged from said developer container, and
- wherein said bearing includes a notched portion having a rotation regulating and positioning function for said developer container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.