Patent ID: 7471916
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developer-storing container comprising a developer-storing section including a developer agitation member that rotates to agitate developer, and a waste-developer-storing section including a waste-developer agitation member that rotates to agitate waste-developer, an axle of the developer agitation member and an axle of the waste-developer agitation member being coupled so as to form one axle; and the developer-storing section and the waste-developer-storing section being partitioned in such a way as to be adjacent to each other in a direction of the axle, wherein: the developer-storing section and the waste-developer-storing section are formed by being partitioned by a fixed wall that is fixed to a housing of the developer-storing container in such a way that the developer-storing section and the waste-developer-storing section are adjacent to each other in the direction of the axle; and the developer agitation member and the waste-developer agitation member are capable of being disassembled from a connecting member that is slidably, rotatably and detachably interdigitated to a first bearing formed on the fixed wall.