Patent ID: 6542709
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A developer container comprising an elongated container body holding a developer, a developer supply trough integral with said container body and adapted to guide developer out of said container body, a mixer mounted in said developer container and adapted to mix said developer, and a propelling screw mounted in said developer supply trough for connection to a driving mechanism of a copy machine for free rotation to propel said developer out of said developer supply trough wherein a transmission mechanism is coupled between said propelling screw and said mixer for enabling said mixer to be rotated to mix said developer in said container body upon rotary motion of said propelling screw, said transmission mechanism comprising a driving gear fastened to one end of said propelling screw, a driven gear fastened to one end of said mixer, and a transmission gear connecting said driving gear and said driven gear.