METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing a developer container including a frame configured to define a developer containing portion, a first electrode, and a second electrode which is arranged on a surface of the frame and which has a surface opposed to the first electrode, a developer amount in the developer containing portion being detected based on a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, the method comprising:
- holding a conductive resin member constituting the second electrode on a mold configured to mold the frame, a surface of the conductive resin member being in contact with a surface of the mold, the surface of the mold being configured to mold a surface of the frame on a side of the developer containing portion;
injecting a resin to be formed into the frame, into the mold on which the conductive resin member is held; and
curing the resin to form the frame to which the second electrode constituted by the conductive resin member is fixed.
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a developer container including a frame configured to define a developer containing portion, a first electrode, and a second electrode arranged on a surface of the frame and having a surface opposed to the first electrode, a developer amount in the developer containing portion being detected based on a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, the method including: holding a conductive resin member constituting the second electrode on a mold configured to mold the frame, a surface of the conductive resin member being in contact with a surface of the mold configured to mold a surface of the frame on a side of the developer containing portion; injecting a resin to be formed into the frame, into the mold on which the conductive resin member is held; and curing the resin to form the frame to which the second electrode is fixed.
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1. A method of manufacturing a developer container including a frame configured to define a developer containing portion, a first electrode, and a second electrode which is arranged on a surface of the frame and which has a surface opposed to the first electrode, a developer amount in the developer containing portion being detected based on a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, the method comprising:
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holding a conductive resin member constituting the second electrode on a mold configured to mold the frame, a surface of the conductive resin member being in contact with a surface of the mold, the surface of the mold being configured to mold a surface of the frame on a side of the developer containing portion; injecting a resin to be formed into the frame, into the mold on which the conductive resin member is held; and curing the resin to form the frame to which the second electrode constituted by the conductive resin member is fixed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A developer container configured to contain a developer, the developer container comprising an antenna member configured to detect a developer amount by use of a capacitance, wherein the antenna member comprises a conductive resin member having a resistance of 103Ω
- or more and 105Ω
or less. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- or more and 105Ω
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12. A developer container, comprising:
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a frame configured to define a developer containing portion; a first electrode; and a second electrode which is arranged on a surface of the frame and which has a surface opposed to the first electrode, wherein a developer amount in the developer containing portion is detected based on a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, the second electrode is constituted by a conductive resin member, a closest point, in which the second electrode is closest to the first electrode, on the second electrode is located in a position other than an end portion of the second electrode as viewed along an axial direction of the first electrode, the second electrode has at least one convex portion protruding toward the first electrode, and the closest point is located on the at least one convex portion. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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