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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Kiyohito Horii, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Tokunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Okoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Terao, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyohito Horii, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Tokunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Okoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Terao, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powder container includes a containing portion having an opening; an opening/closing member that is movable between an open position and a closed position and supported with play; an opening restraining portion provided on the containing portion; an opening restrained portion provided on the opening/closing member; an urging member that urges the opening/closing member; and an opening/closing contact portion provided on the opening/closing member and contactable with an opening/closing contacted portion of an apparatus into which the containing portion is installed, wherein the opening restrained portion is disposed such that a direction of force generated when the containing portion is installed into the apparatus is inclined with respect to the direction in which the opening/closing member moves, and the opening restrained portion is disposed downstream of an imaginary line extending from a contact position at which the opening/closing contact portion contacts the opening/closing contacted portion.