| US 7,480,476 B2 | ||
| Developer container, developer supplying device, and image forming apparatus | ||
| Hiroshi Hosokawa, Kanagawa (Japan); Kiyonori Tsuda, Kanagawa (Japan); Satoshi Narumi, Kanagawa (Japan); Ryuta Takeichi, Kanagawa (Japan); Yuji Arai, Kanagawa (Japan); Masanori Kawasumi, Kanagawa (Japan); Kazuhiko Umemura, Shizuoka (Japan); Hiroshi Ishii, Kanagawa (Japan); Yutaka Fukuchi, Kanagawa (Japan); Kazuki Suzuki, Saitama (Japan); Yuusuke Noguchi, Kanagawa (Japan); Kazuosa Kuma, Kanagawa (Japan); and Makoto Kikura, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 30, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/730,280. | ||
| Application 11/730280 is a division of application No. 10/864672, filed on Jun. 10, 2004, granted, now 7,321,744. | ||
| Application 10/864672 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2004/002025, filed on Feb. 20, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-052658 (JP), filed on Feb. 28, 2003; application No. 2003-054478 (JP), filed on Feb. 28, 2003; and application No. 2004-004668 (JP), filed on Jan. 09, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0177905 A1, Aug. 02, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—258 [399/262; 222/DIG. 1] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A toner bottle, comprising:
a main body including a guide used to guide toner;
an opening of the bottle;
a gear proximate to the opening, the gear oriented to rotate the toner bottle around an axis of rotation; and
an intermediate area located between the main body and the opening, the intermediate area including a guide, an angle of the
guide of the main body relative to the axis of rotation being larger than an angle of the guide of the intermediate area,
both the angle of the guide of the main body and the angle of the guide of the intermediate area being acute angles,
wherein the gear is disposed between the opening and the main body, and
wherein the gear is disposed between the opening and the intermediate area.
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