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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Tamaki, Osaka, JP;
Takahisa Nakaue, Osaka, JP;
Tamotsu Shimizu, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Makie, Osaka, JP;
Eiji Nimura, Osaka, JP;
Koji Kuramashi, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Yamagishi, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A developer case includes a main body, a first transportation portion, a first transportation member, a supply member, a discharge port, and a second transportation portion. The main body contains developer. The first transportation portion has a first region that receives developer from the main body and a second region that extends from the first region in a first direction. The first transportation member transports developer in the first direction. The supply member supplies developer to the first region. Developer is discharged through the discharge port. The second transportation portion has an inlet port communicating with the second region. Developer that has not been discharged through the discharge port is supplied to the second transportation portion through the inlet port. The second transportation portion transports developer in a second direction.