Developer accommodating unit with a urging member for urging a flexible member
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasaaki Matsushita, Koji Yamaguchi, Junichi Matsumura, Masatomi Yoshida
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Abstract
A developer accommodating unit includes: a flexible container, provided with an opening for permitting discharge of a developer, for accommodating the developer; a frame for accommodating the flexible container and for accommodating the developer discharged from the flexible container; and an urging member, provided inside the frame, for urging the flexible container to deform the flexible container. The flexible container has a plurality of sides including an opening-containing side and another side having stiffness lower than that of the opening-containing side.
Claims22
A developer accommodating unit comprising:
- a flexible container for accommodating developer, said flexible container provided with an opening for permitting discharge of the developer;
- a frame for (i) accommodating said flexible container and (ii) accommodating the developer discharged from said flexible container;
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- an urging member for urging and contracting an urged part of said flexible container,
- wherein said flexible container has a plurality of parts including an opening-containing part and another part having stiffness lower than that of said opening-containing part,
- wherein said urged part is said opening-containing part, and
- wherein said urging member is capable of stirring developer, inside said frame, discharged from said flexible container.
A developer accommodating unit comprising:
- a flexible container for accommodating developer, said flexible container provided with an opening for permitting discharge of the developer;
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- an urging member for urging and contacting an urged part of said flexible container,
- wherein said flexible container has a plurality of parts including an opening-containing part and another part having stiffness lower than that of said opening-containing part,
- wherein said urged part is said opening-containing part, and
- wherein said urging member is capable of stirring developer discharged from said flexible container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.