Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner replenishing apparatus with agitation member, developer, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16540194Application Date: 2019-08-14
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Publication No.: US10732544B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Hideji Higashimura
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@191c99af
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner replenishing apparatus includes: a toner storage that stores toner for replenishment; an agitation paddle that is arranged in the toner storage and rotates to agitate toner stored in the toner storage; a conveyance member that is disposed in a lower part of the toner storage and is used to convey the toner stored in the toner storage toward a developer; and an agitation member that moves along with rotation of the agitation paddle, wherein the conveyance member is arranged away from the agitation paddle in a plan view, and the agitation member agitates the toner located above the conveyance member, which is a part of the toner stored in the toner storage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200096906A1 TONER REPLENISHING APPARATUS, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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