US 12,298,680 B2
Developer container and image forming apparatus
Toshio Takiguchi, Kanagawa (JP); and Yosuke Shimomoto, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/447,452.
Application 18/447,452 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/034100, filed on Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-054093 (JP), filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0384712 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0875 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0844 (2013.01); G03G 2215/068 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A developer container comprising:
a containing unit that contains developer;
a transport unit that transports the developer; and
a receiving unit that receives a driving force transmitted from a transmitting unit of a body of an image forming apparatus and transmits the driving force to the transport unit,
wherein the developer container is removably attachable to the body of the image forming apparatus,
wherein the developer container includes a first rotation stopping portion and a second rotation stopping portion, the first rotation stopping portion being one of a recess or a projection, and the second rotation stopping portion being another of the recess or the projection,
wherein, when the developer container is attached to the body of the image forming apparatus, the first rotation stopping portion and the second rotation stopping portion are fitted to a first rotation stopper portion and a second rotation stopper portion, respectively, the first rotation stopper portion being the other of the recess or the projection, and the second rotation stopper portion being the one of the projection or the recess, and
wherein a depth or a height of the first rotation stopping portion is less than a depth or a height of the second rotation stopping portion.