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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takuya Hatakeyama, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Ban, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355260 ;
Abstract
A developer cartridge for supplying developer to a developer receiving unit has a lid by which a developer discharge opening is opened/closed. If the cartridge is unloaded from the developer receiving unit when the lid is not at a predetermined position where the developer discharge opening is completely closed, the lid is engaged by an engagement portion of the developer receiving unit and is moved to the predetermined position.