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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroomi Matsuzaki, Mishima, JP;
Kojiro Yasui, Numazu, JP;
Junichi Matsumura, Numazu, JP;
Masatomi Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing unit includes: a frame; a flexible container, provided inside the frame, for accommodating a developer, wherein the flexible container includes an opening for permitting discharge of the developer; an urging member, provided inside the frame, for urging the flexible container to deform the flexible container; and a developer carrying member for carrying the developer discharged from the opening of the flexible container. The flexible container includes a projected portion projecting toward an outside of the flexible container. The projected portion is moved depending on deformation of the flexible container, by urging of the flexible container, to stir the developer discharged from the opening.