Canon kabushiki kaisha (20240411242). DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM
DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM
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Inventor(s)
Katsuya Murakami of Toride-shi (JP)
Toshiaki Nagashima of Moriya-shi (JP)
Fumio Tazawa of Kashiwa-shi (JP)
Ayatomo Okino of Moriya-shi (JP)
Yusuke Yamada of Toride-shi (JP)
DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240411242 titled 'DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM
Original Abstract Submitted
in the case that a developer supply container is provided with a feeding portion for feeding a developer by receiving a rotational force and a pump portion for discharging the developer by reciprocation, and the rotational force and a reciprocating force are received from a main assembly side of an image forming apparatus, there is a liability that a driving connection is not properly established between a portion of the developer supply container for receiving the reciprocating force and a portion of the main assembly side for applying the reciprocating force. the developer supply container is provided with a drive converting mechanism for converting the rotational force received from the main assembly side to a force for operating a volume changing type pump.