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US 8,874,011 B2Granted
Developer container and packaging system
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorsTakemasa Ishikuro, Tatsuya Murakami, Takuya Goto, Teruo Soeda
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Abstract
A developer container includes a developer containing member that contains developer; an opening part through which the developer is externally supplied, and a pressure absorbing mechanism that is provided on an external portion of the developer containing member. The pressure absorbing mechanism is configured to deform in an inward direction toward the developer container when an external force is applied to the developer container.
Claims24
A developer container, comprising:
- a developer containing member that contains developer and that includes a side wall;
- an opening part through which the developer is externally supplied;
- and
- a pressure absorbing mechanism that is formed by an elastic member, which is a separate body from the developer containing member, and that is attached to an external surface of the side wall of the developer containing member, wherein
- the pressure absorbing mechanism is configured to deform in an inward direction toward the developer containing member when an external force is applied to the developer containing member.
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A developer container, comprising:
- a developer containing member that contains developer;
- an opening part through which the developer is externally supplied;
- and
- a pressure absorbing mechanism that is provided on an external portion of the developer containing member, wherein
- the pressure absorbing mechanism is configured to deform in an inward direction toward the developer container when an external force is applied to the developer container, and
- the pressure absorbing mechanism is configured to cover an upper surface of the developer container in order to absorb the external force that is applied from the top.
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A developer container, comprising:
- a developer containing member that contains developer;
- an opening part through which the developer is externally supplied;
- and
- a pressure absorbing mechanism that is provided on an external portion of the developer containing member, wherein
- the pressure absorbing mechanism is configured to deform in an inward direction toward the developer container when an external force is applied to the developer container,
- the pressure absorbing mechanism is configured with
- a holding part that is disposed surrounding the developer containing member and that defines a closed space between the developer containing member and the holding part, and
- a vent path that connects the closed space, and
- an air in the closed space is vented only through the vent path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.