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US 9,310,717 B2Granted
Developer accommodating container, developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomonori Matsunaga, Tetsuo Uesugi, Junichi Matsumura
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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; and a frame for accommodating the flexible container and for accommodating the developer discharged from the flexible container. The flexible container includes a projected portion projected from a part of a side forming the flexible container toward an outside of or toward an inside of the flexible container.
Claims17
A developer accommodating unit comprising:
- a flexible container provided with an opening for permitting discharge of developer accommodated therein;
- a sealing member for sealing said opening;
- and
- a frame for accommodating said flexible container, said sealing member, and the developer discharged from said flexible container,
- wherein said flexible container includes a projected portion which is projected from a part of a side forming said flexible container toward an outside of said flexible container, said projected portion is capable of accommodating developer therein, and
- wherein, when said sealing member is unsealed, said flexible container is deformed to change a shape of said opening.
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A developer accommodating unit comprising:
- a flexible container provided with an opening for permitting discharge of developer accommodated therein;
- and
- a sealing member for sealing said opening;
- wherein said flexible container includes a projected portion which is projected from a part of a side forming said flexible container and toward an outside of said flexible container, said projected portion is capable of accommodating developer therein, and
- wherein, when said sealing member is unsealed, said flexible container is deformed to change a shape of said opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.