Electrophotography – Image formation – Development
Patent
1999-01-20
2000-05-23
Grimley, Arthur T.
Electrophotography
Image formation
Development
222DIG1, G03G 1508
Patent
active
060674326
ABSTRACT:
A developer container for with a developer replenishing device in a copier or the like, the developer container including a cylindrical container body having a neck at its front end, a plurality of indented parallel guide ways around the periphery thereof for stirring up contained developer upon rotary motion of the container body, and two hollow projecting portions at two opposite sides of the neck, and a dispensing end cap fastened to the neck of the container body, the dispensing end cap having a hollow cylindrical mounting portion at one end inserted into the neck of the container body, a hollow cylindrical dispensing portion disposed at an opposite end outside the neck of the container body, a plurality of developer inlets for guiding in developer from the container body, a plurality of developer outlets for guiding developer out of the end cap, and a plurality of guide grooves on an inside wall thereof for guiding developer, from the developer inlets to the developer outlets.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4456154 (1984-06-01), Herriman
patent: 5722020 (1998-02-01), Matsuoka et al.
General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.
Grimley Arthur T.
Moldafsky Greg
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