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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 16, 2014
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Shigenori Yaguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Tohmatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Toyoaki Tano, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kishida, Shizuoka, JP;
Kenichi Mashiko, Shizuoka, JP;
Koichi Sakata, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Hosokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunji Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Tamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Ikeguchi, Saitama, JP;
Kenji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Michiharu Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A replenishing developer housing container includes: a container body housing a replenishing developer; a conveying portion; a pipe receiving port; and an uplifting portion. The replenishing developer contains a toner and a carrier. The container body includes a protruding portion protruding from a container body interior side of the container opening portion toward one end of the container body and a curving portion curving so as to conform to the protruding portion. The uplifting portion includes an uplifting wall surface extending from an internal wall surface of the container body toward the protruding portion. When the replenishing developer housing container is mounted on the replenishing developer conveying device, the protruding portion is present between the curving portion and the replenishing developer receiving port of a conveying pipe being inserted.