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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Tokudome, Yokohama, JP;
Ryosuke Kanai, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer container includes: an accommodating chamber, provided with an opening for permitting discharge of a developer; and developer feeding means. The developer feeding means includes: a rotatable member; a developer feeding member fixed on the rotatable member; a sealing member for opening the opening by the rotation of the rotatable member, wherein one end portion thereof is fixed on the rotatable member and the other end portion thereof is provided so as to seal the opening; and a regulating portion for regulating the sealing member, which is wound about the rotatable member after the opening is opened by the rotation of the rotatable member, so as to expose a feeding surface of the developer feeding member.