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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masahito Kato, Gotemba, JP;
Kenta Shibukawa, Mishima, JP;
Kazumi Yamauchi, Suntou-gun, JP;
Katsuichi Abe, Suntou-gun, JP;
Naoya Asanuma, Susono, JP;
Atsushi Toda, Fuji, JP;
Yosuke Kishi, Suntou-gun, JP;
Naoki Fukushima, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer container includes: a housing chamberwhich includes an openingand which houses developer; a stirring memberwhich includes a sheet-like stirring portionand a rotary shaftto which the stirring portionis attached; and a first electrodeand a second electrodewhich are used to detect an amount of the developer and which are arranged with an interval therebetween, where in an area Xbetween the first electrodeand the second electrodein the housing chamberis positioned below the rotary shaftof the stirring member, and the sheet-like stirring portioncomes into contact with the area Xdue to rotation of the stirring member