| US 7,529,502 B2 | ||
| Process cartridge in image-forming device | ||
| Yasushi Okabe, Nagoya (Japan); and Naoya Kamimura, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 15, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/32,101. | ||
| Application 12/032101 is a continuation of application No. 11/258179, filed on Oct. 26, 2005, granted, now 7,362,986, filed on Apr. 22, 2008. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-317220 (JP), filed on Oct. 29, 2004; and application No. 2005-223222 (JP), filed on Aug. 01, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0138108 A1, Jun. 12, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 21/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—111 | 28 Claims |
| 1. A cartridge that can be detachably mounted in an image-forming device, the cartridge comprising:
a first wall;
a second wall opposing the first wall with a gap formed therebetween, the first wall and the second wall defining therebetween
a developer-accommodating section that accommodates a developer; and
a reinforcing part spanning between the first wall and the second wall,
wherein
the developer-accommodating section has a discharge opening formed to discharge developer;
the developer-accommodating section has a fill through-hole that is configured to introduce developer into the developer-accommodating
section;
the reinforcing part is positioned downstream from the fill through-hole and upstream from the discharge opening along a direction
that developer is discharged through the discharge opening; and
the reinforcing part has a guiding surface on an upstream part of the reinforcing part with respect to the direction that
developer is discharged through the discharge opening to guide the developer downstream in the discharging direction.
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