- Patent Title: Powder container, powder supply device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16589140Application Date: 2019-10-01
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Publication No.: US10908531B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Junichi Matsumoto , Tsukuru Kai , Hiroshi Hosokawa , Makoto Komatsu , Tadashi Hayakawa , Yuzuru Ozawa
- Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Xsensus LLP
- Priority: JP2010-270370 20101203,JP2011-197303 20110909
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
Provided is a powder container having a new structure capable of stable discharge and transport of a powder contained in a container by enabling the powder to be reliably discharged to the outside of the package while preventing the powder from spilling and flying out of the container. The powder container has a container body (138) for transporting powder contained therein from a first end side (138a) to a second end side (138b) thereof by self-rotating; a nozzle receiver (139) having a nozzle receiving hole (insertion section) (139a) arranged inside the second end side of the container body and configured to allow a transport nozzle (162) having a powder receiving inlet (170) to be inserted therein, and a supply port 139b arranged in at least a part of the nozzle receiver (139) and configured to supply the powder in the container body (138) to the powder receiving inlet (170): and a shutter (140) supported by the nozzle receiver 139 and configured to open and close the nozzle receiving hole (insertion section) 139a by sliding in response to insertion of the transport nozzle 162 into the nozzle receiver (139).
Public/Granted literature
- US20200033757A1 POWDER CONTAINER, POWDER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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