US 12,124,189 B2
Container
Shinjiro Toba, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Kanagawa (JP); and Mitsuhiro Sato, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,973.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-185957 (JP), filed on Nov. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0152729 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/087 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for accommodating a content of powder or a liquid, comprising:
an accommodating container portion configured to accommodate the content;
an end portion including a shutter configured to rotate about a rotational axis and a discharging portion which includes a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the content to an outside of the container and which includes a passage for permitting passing of the content toward the discharge opening, wherein as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis, the end portion being aligned with the accommodating container portion in a direction of the rotational axis; and
a flange portion extending in a radial direction of a phantom circle about the rotational axis, wherein an outer edge of the flange portion (i) includes an arcuate portion which is on an outermost side of the end portion with respect to the radial direction and which is formed along the phantom circle about the rotational axis and (ii) includes a connecting portion which connects a first point and a second point on the phantom circle and which is provided in a region inside the phantom circle,
wherein a distance between the first point and the second point is not less than ⅕ of a diameter of the arcuate portion of the flange portion and is less than the diameter of the arcuate portion of the flange portion.