Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Downsized developer container with higher degree of freedom
The developer container includes a rotator that is rotated in the container body, a sequence of gears disposed outside the developer container that transmits a torque to the rotator, and a container guiding portion that fits with a main body side guiding portion and guides the developer container in a direction in which the developer container is attached to a mounting portion of an image forming device main body. A first gear included in the sequence of the gears is movable between an operating position where the first gear engages with a second gear and a retracted position where the first gear is retracted. On a surface on which the container guiding portion is disposed, a part of the container guiding portion is disposed within a projected area of the first gear being disposed at the operating position.
RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
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Naoki Masato Manabu Shoh Masanari Tomohiro Yoshiyuki
Nakatake Tsuji Hamada Tsuritani Fujita Kubota Shimizu