Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer conveyance device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
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Application No.: US16876134Application Date: 2020-05-18
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Publication No.: US10935907B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Yusuke Ishizuka , Akira Fujimori , Hideki Kimura , Yutaka Takahashi , Hiroshi Kikuchi , Hiroyuki Uenishi , Johji Yahagi
- Applicant: Yusuke Ishizuka , Akira Fujimori , Hideki Kimura , Yutaka Takahashi , Hiroshi Kikuchi , Hiroyuki Uenishi , Johji Yahagi
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Yusuke Ishizuka,Akira Fujimori,Hideki Kimura,Yutaka Takahashi,Hiroshi Kikuchi,Hiroyuki Uenishi,Johji Yahagi
- Current Assignee: Yusuke Ishizuka,Akira Fujimori,Hideki Kimura,Yutaka Takahashi,Hiroshi Kikuchi,Hiroyuki Uenishi,Johji Yahagi
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Xsensus LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-105807 20190606,JPJP2020-065919 20200401
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/095

Abstract:
A developer conveyance device includes a downward conveyance path in which a developer falls under gravity, a transverse conveyance path communicating with a lower end of the downward conveyance path and extending in a transverse direction intersecting with the downward conveyance path, a transport screw disposed in the transverse conveyance path, and a floating member. The transport screw is configured to rotate in a predetermined direction to transport the developer in the transverse direction. The floating member is configured to contact the transport screw rotating in the predetermined direction to float in the downward conveyance path.
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