Patent ID: 9310713
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A developer container comprising: a storage chamber that stores developer; a conveying member provided in the storage chamber and configured to convey the developer; a transmitting member configured to transmit a signal for detecting an amount of developer; and a first projecting portion provided on an inner sidewall of the storage chamber, the first projecting portion projecting toward a side of a conveying-member shaft of the conveying member when seen in a longitudinal direction of the storage chamber and being different from the transmitting member, wherein the transmitting member includes a second projecting portion projecting from the inner sidewall of the storage chamber toward a side of the conveying-member shaft of the conveying member when seen in the longitudinal direction of the storage chamber, and wherein the conveying member is deformed elastically by coming into contact with one of the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion while being in contact with the other projecting portion by which the conveying member has already been elastically deformed, or the conveying member is deformed elastically by simultaneously coming into contact with the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion.