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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2009
Shigenori Koido, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Itou, Tokyo, JP;
Alan Davidson, Cumbernauld, GB;
Peter Barnes, Cumbernauld, GB;
Shigenori Koido, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Itou, Tokyo, JP;
Alan Davidson, Cumbernauld, GB;
Peter Barnes, Cumbernauld, GB;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Oki (UK) Ltd., Cumbernauld, Scotland, GB;
Abstract
A developer material holding apparatus holds a developer. A body holds a developer material and includes a first opening through which the developer material is discharged. A shutter is assembled to the body, and is movable either to an opening position where the developer material is discharged from the body or to a closing position where the developer material is not discharged from the body. The shutter includes a second opening such that when the shutter is at the opening position, the second opening is in alignment with the first opening. At least one of the first opening and the second opening is in the form a mesh including a plurality of openings.