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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2010
Atsushi Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer storage container includes a developer storage portion that stores a developer and has an opening for supplying the developer. An agitating-and-supplying member is rotatably provided in the developer storage portion. The agitating-and-supplying member has a shaft portion and an agitating portion. The agitating portion has a fixed end and a distal end opposite to each other. The fixed end of the agitating portion is fixed to the shaft portion. The agitating portion has an area corresponding to the opening. In the area, a distance between a center axis of the shaft portion and the distal end of the agitating portion is longer than a distance between the center axis of the shaft portion and an outer wall of the developer storage portion.