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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Mizukoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhisa Shida, Kawasaki, JP;
Takayuki Kanazawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yuta Isobe, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Tokudome, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The disclosed structure includes a belt-shaped conveying member configured to convey developer. The conveying member includes a partitioning portion, which is a partition for developer contained in a casing with respect to a conveying direction in which the developer is conveyed, wherein, when the developer container is new, a first developer amount which is an amount of the developer contained at an upstream side that is upstream of the partitioning portion in the conveying direction, is larger than a second developer amount which is an amount of the developer contained at a downstream side that is downstream of the partitioning portion in the conveying direction.