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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takarada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Matsuzaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Sameshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomio Noguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuichiro Inaba, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable, the developer container including an accommodating portion, and a supporting portion, wherein the developer container includes a projection portion that is provided at one end portion thereof in the rotation axis direction of the developer bearing member and projects toward the supporting portion more than a center portion of the developer container in a crossing direction crossing the rotation axis direction, the projection portion communicates with the accommodating portion and includes, at a distal end portion thereof, an attachment portion configured such that the replenishment container is attachable thereto in a state of being exposed to the outside of the apparatus, and a replenishment port for replenishing the accommodating portion with developer from the replenishment container is defined in the attachment portion.