US 12,326,673 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. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/448,463.
Application 18/448,463 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/034099, filed on Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-054089 (JP), filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0393492 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0865 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0105 (2013.01); G03G 15/0877 (2013.01); G03G 21/0005 (2013.01); G03G 2215/066 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A developer container comprising:
a first containing portion that contains new developer;
a second containing portion that contains developer;
a transport unit that transports the developer in the first containing portion toward an outside of the first containing portion; and
a receiving unit that receives a driving force from a driving unit of a body of an image forming apparatus and transmits the driving force to the transport unit,
wherein the receiving unit is disposed such that a portion of the receiving unit is outwardly exposed at an upper end surface of an upper one of the first containing portion and the second containing portion in an up-down direction or is outwardly exposed at a lower end surface of a lower one of the first containing portion and the second containing portion, the exposed portion being in contact with the driving unit.