Developer container, developing apparatus, process cartridge, apparatus main body, and image forming apparatus

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PATENT NO 9857730
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15007265

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A developer container includes: a housing chamber 147 which includes an opening 145 and which houses developer; a stirring member 160 which includes a sheet-like stirring portion 160b and a rotary shaft 160a to which the stirring portion 160b is attached; and a first electrode 143 and a second electrode 144 which are used to detect an amount of the developer and which are arranged with an interval therebetween, where in an area X1 between the first electrode 143 and the second electrode 144 in the housing chamber 147 is positioned below the rotary shaft 160a of the stirring member 160, and the sheet-like stirring portion 160b comes into contact with the area X1 due to rotation of the stirring member 160.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Abe, Katsuichi Suntou-gun, JP 12 31
Asanuma, Naoya Susono, JP 53 598
Fukushima, Naoki Mishima, JP 88 410
Kato, Masahito Gotemba, JP 46 431
Kishi, Yosuke Suntou-gun, JP 16 193
Shibukawa, Kenta Mishima, JP 7 27
Toda, Atsushi Fuji, JP 211 2628
Yamauchi, Kazumi Suntou-gun, JP 21 254

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