Developer Container Removable Covering for Easy Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing developer containers for image forming apparatuses require significant time and effort to clean due to residual developer adhering to the interior surfaces, complicating the reuse process.
Innovation Solution
A developer container design featuring a container body with a storage part and a discharge port, equipped with a removable covering that can be drawn outside to facilitate easy removal of residual developer, reducing cleaning labor through a simple pulling mechanism and sealing components to maintain adhesion and prevent toner loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the developer container is designed without a removable covering, then the structure is simpler, but the residual developer remains stuck inside the container making cleaning difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The developer container is segmented into a container body and a separate covering that can be removed. This segmentation allows the covering to be pulled out together with residual developer, enabling easy cleaning of the container body without manual scrubbing, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of cleaning and structure complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The covering is extracted as a removable component from the container body. When cleaning is needed, the covering is pulled out from the discharge port, and residual developer adhering to the covering is removed together with it. This extraction principle enables easy removal of residual developer while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
2Ease of operation
If the covering is made removable and drawable from the discharge port, then the cleaning process becomes easier, but the sealing function may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The covering is designed with dynamic characteristics - it can be in a sealed state during normal operation and easily transitioned to a removed state during cleaning. The covering includes a tearing line that allows controlled removal, providing dynamic adaptability between sealing and cleaning modes, thus resolving the contradiction between sealing reliability and ease of cleaning.
Solution Approach 2:
The covering is pre-designed with a tearing line and discharge port configuration that facilitates easy removal when needed. This preliminary design ensures that when cleaning is required, the covering can be quickly and easily pulled out without requiring additional tools or complex procedures, maintaining both sealing function during use and ease of cleaning when needed.
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AI summary
A developer container is provided with a container body and a covering. The container body has a storage part for containing a developer and a discharge port used for discharging the developer contained in the storage part to outside of the container body. The covering covers a forming surface of a containing space of the developer in the storage part, and is provided so as to be drawable from the discharge port to outside of the container body.