PRIMARY COLOUR CARTRIDGE, CARTRIDGE FOR SUPPLYING DEVELOPER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC G03G15/08 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: cartridge for supplying developer is made with possibility of detachable installation into the main unit of the electrophotographic image formation device. The primary colour cartridge includes: an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a developer roller designed for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a valve section of the receiving side which moves between the position for allowed reception of developer for opening developer reception holes, a moving section of the receiving side which moves for interrelated movement of the valve section of the receiving side between the position for allowed reception of developer and the position for prohibited reception of the developer. The moving section of the receiving side includes a working section of the receiving side which occupies the working position when the valve section of the receiving side is in the position for allowed reception of the developer, a control element designed for controlling movement of the moving section of the receiving side when the working section of the receiving side is in the working position. The cartridge for supplying developer also includes a developer holding section for the source side, a valve section for the source side which moves between the position for allowed supply of developer for opening holes for feeding the developer and the position for prohibited supply of the developer for closing holes for feeding the developer and a moving section for the source side. The moving section of the source side moves when the cartridge for supplying developer enters the main unit of the device in a position where the primary colour cartridge is installed in the main unit of the device for interrelated movement of the valve section for the source side from the position for prohibited supply of developer to the position for allowed supply of developer as a result of linkage with the working section of the receiving side of the moving section of the receiving side, whose movement is controlled by the control element in a state in which the working section of the receiving side lies in the working position.

EFFECT: design of a cartridge for supplying developer, a primary colour cartridge and an electrophotographic image formation device in which when the cartridge for supplying developer is extracted from the main unit of the device in a position where both the primary colour cartridge and the cartridge for supplying developer are installed in the main unit of the electrophotographic image formation device, loss of developer through holes for feeding the developer or through holes for receiving the developer can be prevented.

40 cl, 28 dwg