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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2014
Developer accommodating container, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masatomi Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaki Furutani, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Matsushita, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuo Uesugi, Yokohama, JP;
Seiichi Shinohara, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer accommodating container for accommodating a developer includes: a flexible container provided with an opening for permitting discharge of the developer; a sealing member for sealing the opening in a state in which the sealing member is bonded to a periphery of the opening, wherein the sealing member is capable of exposing the opening by being removed by pulling; and a reinforcing portion, provided at least as a part of the periphery of the opening, for decreasing a degree of deformation of the opening.