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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Murakami, Toride, JP;
Toshiaki Nagashima, Moriya, JP;
Fumio Tazawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Ayatomo Okino, Moriya, JP;
Yusuke Yamada, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer supply includes a developer container body configured to accommodate developer, a gear portion configured and positioned to receive a force for rotating the developer container body, and a pump portion configured and positioned to act upon the developer container body to discharge the developer out of the developer supply container, with the pump portion having a volume that changes with reciprocation of the pump portion. A weight is configured and positioned to reciprocate the pump portion with a rotation of the developer container body by the force received by the gear.