Electrophotography – Image formation – Development
Patent
1999-01-29
1999-10-19
Moses, Richard
Electrophotography
Image formation
Development
399119, 222DIG1, G03G 1508
Patent
active
059702931
ABSTRACT:
A developer container includes a container body having a front opening, and a developer dispensing outlet near the front opening, a propelling member suspended in the container body and rotated to propel a developer out of the developer dispensing hole, and a rotary cover covered on the front opening of the container body and secured in place upon installation of the developer container in a copier for enabling the container body to be rotated relative to the rotary cover to close/open the developer dispensing outlet, wherein the container body has a sliding groove for guiding rotary motion of the container body relative to the rotary cover, and a rib for engagement with a rib at the rotary cover to stop the container body from rotary motion relative to the rotary cover; the rotary cover has a cover flange for closing the developer dispensing outlet, a guide plate matched with the sliding groove at the front end of the container body, and a rib raised from the guide plate for engagement with the rib in the sliding groove at the front end of the container body.
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General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.
Moses Richard
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