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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0812 (2013.01); G03G 15/087 (2013.01); G03G 15/0872 (2013.01); G03G 15/0886 (2013.01); G03G 15/1615 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1654 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1807 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a rotatable developer container, a receiving device which receives the container and is inserted in a direction along a rotational axis of the container and which receives the developer discharged from the container when the container is in a first position, and a regulating member provided on the container. The regulating member prevents, during transportation of the image forming apparatus, the container from moving to the first position from a second position which is upstream of the first position with respect to an inserting direction of the container and in which the developer is not discharged from the container.