US Patent Issued to Oki Electric Industry on June 23 for "Developer storage body including frame body having contact surface with holes and seal member contacting contact surface" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,739, issued on June 23, was assigned to Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Developer storage body including frame body having contact surface with holes and seal member contacting contact surface" was invented by Shun Hatanaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developer storage body includes a frame body that stores a developer, and a rotating member a part of which is inserted into a hole portion provided in the frame body. The rotating member agitates or conveys the developer in the frame body. A seal member is held between the frame body and the rotating member in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotating member. ...