Electrophotography – Image formation – Development
Patent
1997-09-08
1999-11-09
Lee, Susan S.Y.
Electrophotography
Image formation
Development
222546, 222547, 222562, 222563, 399109, G03G 1508
Patent
active
059830590
ABSTRACT:
A recyclable toner container having a hollow cylindrical body, a toner outlet at one end of the container, and a removable cap fitted in the toner outlet. The cap have a plurality of circumferential protuberances on an outer periphery thereof and contacting the inner periphery of the toner outlet. The diameters of the plurality of protuberances are sequentially increased from a downstream side toward an upstream side in a direction in which the cap is inserted into the toner outlet.
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Akiba Yasushi
Ikesue Masumi
Itou Hiroyasu
Nakada Masakazu
Oka Seiji
Lee Susan S.Y.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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