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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Makoto Komatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsukuru Kai, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Hayakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hosokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Daichi Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Komatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsukuru Kai, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Hayakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hosokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Daichi Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cap is configured to be attached to a developer container that discharges developer contained in the container body out of the container body through a discharge port defined in a portion of the container body. The cap includes a first attaching member and a second attaching member that are detachably assembled into one piece. When the first attaching member or the second attaching member receives a rotary force, the first attaching member and the second attaching member are separated from each other, and only the first attaching member is released from the container body.