Patent ID: 8548352
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developer container, which contains a developer to be supplied to a developing chamber used in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the developer container comprising: a partition wall configured to partition the developer container from the developing chamber; a conveying member configured to convey the developer to an opening provided in the partition wall to supply the developer in the developer container to the developing chamber; a sealing member that covers the opening on a side of the developing chamber, wherein, when the sealing member opens the opening, the sealing member is separated into a remaining portion and a removal portion, and a free end of the remaining portion is positioned below an upper edge of the opening; and a spacing holding member disposed between a wall surface of the partition wall and the sealing member, and configured to hold a spacing between the wall surface and the sealing member.