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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Sohta Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Kanagawa, JP;
Goshi Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhiro Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Suetsugu, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device includes an accommodating portion for accommodating toner, a developing roller and a stirring member. The developing device is for use with an image forming apparatus and detachably mounts a replenishing container for replenishing the toner. The accommodating portion includes a receiving opening through which the toner replenished from the accommodating portion is received in the accommodating portion, the receiving opening being provide on a first end side of the accommodating portion with respect to a rotational axis direction of the developing roller. An opening area of the receiving opening when the developing device is viewed in the rotational direction is wider than the opening area of the receiving opening when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis direction.