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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Developer container and image forming apparatus having transporting member with air passage portions
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Taichiro Okuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0865 (2013.01); G03G 15/0808 (2013.01); G03G 15/0877 (2013.01); G03G 15/0891 (2013.01); G03G 15/0893 (2013.01); G03G 15/163 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 2215/083 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1657 (2013.01);
Abstract
A developer container includes a container, a transporting member, and a passage portion. The container holds a developer. The transporting member includes a shaft, rotatably supported by the container, and a transporting portion that is supported by the shaft and that transports the developer in the container when the shaft rotates. The passage portion is formed in the transporting portion and allows air to pass therethrough in an axial direction of the shaft.