Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner conveyance device and image forming apparatus including the same
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Application No.: US15921803Application Date: 2018-03-15
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Publication No.: US10175611B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Shinji Nemoto
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2017-058076 20170323
- Main IPC: B65G33/22
- IPC: B65G33/22 ; B65G33/30 ; B65G33/32 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G15/16 ; G03G21/10

Abstract:
A toner conveyance device includes a conveying screw having a shaft and a spiral blade. The spiral blade includes a start end-side blade adjacent to a bearing positioned at a start end part side in a toner conveyance path, a terminal-side blade adjacent to a bearing positioned at a terminal part side, and an intermediate blade. A toner discharge port is provided between the intermediate blade and the terminal-side blade. A spiral winding direction of the terminal-side blade is opposite to that of the intermediate blade, a spiral winding direction of the start end-side blade is equal to that of the intermediate blade, and a blade diameter of the start end-side blade and a blade diameter of the terminal-side blade are smaller than that of the intermediate blade.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180275562A1 TONER CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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