Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Collecting member to collect image forming powder
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Application No.: US15500586Application Date: 2015-08-17
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Publication No.: US10025228B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Kohta Sakaya , Shinichi Arasawa
- Applicant: Kohta Sakaya , Shinichi Arasawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2014-208010 20141009
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/004061 WO 20150817
- International Announcement: WO2016/056163 WO 20160414
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/095

Abstract:
A unit includes a part that is detachably attachable relative to an other unit, wherein the other unit includes an opening through which image forming powder is supplied from or received by the other unit, and a shutter that opens and closes the opening, and a collecting member that collects the image forming powder falling from at least one of the opening and the shutter by making contact with the shutter when detaching the unit from the other unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170219965A1 UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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