Patent ID: 11874616
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A developer conveying mechanism, comprising:
a pipe-shaped conveying path that conveys developer and includes a discharge port formed in part of a side surface thereof;
a shutter that is slidably attached along an outer circumferential surface of the pipe-shaped conveying path, and that is selectively arranged at a closing position overlapping with the discharge port and an opening position retreated from the discharge port;
a seal member that is fixed to a seal affixing surface of the shutter, the seal affixing surface being opposite to the discharge port; and
a biasing member that biases the shutter toward the closing position,
wherein
the shutter includes the seal affixing surface, which is a flat surface, and a pair of engagement portions that are opposite to each other across the seal affixing surface in a circumferential direction of the pipe-shaped conveying path; and
the pipe-shaped conveying path includes a pair of guide ribs that are opposite to each other across the discharge port in the circumferential direction of the pipe-shaped conveying path, and with which the pair of engagement portions slidably engage.