Patent ID: 9195210
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developer container comprising: a developer accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating developer; a first shutter including a first portion-to-be-urged, said first shutter being movable between a closed position where the opening is closed and an open position where the opening is opened by urging said first portion-to-be-urged; a second shutter including a second portion-to-be-urged, said second shutter being provided outside said first shutter with respect to the opening, and said second shutter being movable between a closed position where the opening is closed and an open position where the opening is opened by urging said second portion-to-be-urged; and a partitioning portion provided between said first and second portions-to-be-urged with respect to a longitudinal direction of the developer container and along moving ranges of said first and second portions-to-be-urged, wherein movement distances of said first and second shutters from the closed positions to the open positions are different from each other so that after one of said first and second shutters reaches its open position, the other of said first and second shutters reaches its open position.