Developer supply container and developer supplying apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9529299
APP PUB NO 20160139536A1
SERIAL NO

14935950

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A developer supply container includes a developer accommodating chamber; a discharge opening; a fluid communication path connecting with the discharge opening; a pump portion having a volume changing with reciprocation and actable at least on the discharge opening; a regulating portion configured to regulate flow of the developer into an entrance region of the fluid communication path; a movable portion configured to move the regulating portion toward and away from the entrance of the fluid communication path; an air flow path provided inside the regulating portion to permit fluid communication between the pump portion and the discharge opening; and an elastic member provided between the regulating portion and the chamber adjacent to the entrance of the fluid communication path.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Enokuchi, Takashi Tokyo, JP 10 193
Nakajima, Nobuo Higashimatsuyama, JP 55 1019
Okino, Ayatomo Moriya, JP 123 2120

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