Developer container and image forming system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025013169-A1
Application number	US-202418894824-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 24, 2024
Priority date	Dec 23, 2021
Publication date	Jan 9, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A developer container includes a pouch, a communication member, and a cap. A marking including an arrowhead part and a parting line are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the cap. A rear end of the arrowhead part is disposed between a first position that is a position 45° upstream from a reference position in a direction of rotation and a second position that is a position 45° downstream in the direction of rotation. The rear end of the arrowhead part overlaps the parting line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A developer container configured to accommodate a developer, comprising:
a pouch including a bottom portion and a side portion extending from the bottom portion to form an opening; a communication member configured to make inside of the pouch communicate with outside, the communication member being fixed to the opening of the pouch; and a cap formed by injection molding and configured to be detached from the communication member by rotation with respect to the communication member, a marking indicating a direction of rotation to detach the cap from the communication member and a parting line extending in a direction along a rotation axis of the cap being disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the cap, the marking including an arrowhead part formed to protrude from the outer peripheral surface, the arrowhead part including a rear end located upstream and a front end located downstream in the direction of rotation, wherein a direction connecting the opening and the bottom portion of the pouch is a first direction, a longitudinal direction of a cross-sectional shape of the pouch is a second direction, the second direction being orthogonal to the first direction, and a direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction is a third direction, wherein in a state of the cap attached to the communication member, the cap has a reference position in the second direction on the outer peripheral surface, the reference position being a position corresponding to where a thickness of the pouch in the third direction is maximized in a case where the pouch is viewed along the first direction, and wherein the rear end is disposed along the outer peripheral surface between a first position and a second position in the direction of rotation, the rear end being located to overlap the parting line, the first position of the rear end being a position 45° upstream from the reference position in the direction of rotation with the rotation axis as a center of rotation, the second position being a position 45° downstream from the reference position in the direction of rotation with the rotation axis as the center of rotation.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Munetsugu Hiroyuki
• Sato Mitsuhiro
• Toba Shinjiro

Classifications

• G03G15/0874

  non-rigid containers, e.g. foldable cartridges, bags · CPC title

• G03G2215/0682

  Bag-type non-rigid container · CPC title

• Y10S222/01

  Xerography · CPC title

• G03G2215/0692

  using a slidable sealing member, e.g. shutter · CPC title

• G03G15/0886 Primary

  by mechanical means, e.g. shutter, plug · CPC title