Patent ID: 6934490
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developer container detachably mountable in an image forming apparatus, said developer container comprising: a hollow elongated outer body; a fresh developer accommodating portion accommodating fresh developer, said fresh developer accommodating portion being provided in said outer body; a waste developer accommodating portion accommodating waste developer, said waste developer accommodating portion being provided in said outer body; and a partition wall that separates said fresh developer accommodating portion from said waste developer accommodating portion in such a manner that said accommodating portions extend in the longitudinal direction of said outer body so that said accommodating portions are adjacent to each other, said partition wall extending from a top wall of said outer body, wherein a width, in the horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, of the interior of an upper part of said fresh developer accommodating portion immediately adjacent said top wall is substantially equal to or less than a corresponding width of a lower part of said fresh developer accommodating portion everywhere below said upper part in a state where said developer container is mounted in said image forming apparatus.