Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Powder conveying device and image forming apparatus incorporating the powder conveying device
-
Application No.: US17591735Application Date: 2022-02-03
-
Publication No.: US11809097B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Kota Shiodera , Kazuhiko Watanabe
- Applicant: Kota Shiodera , Kazuhiko Watanabe
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: P.L.C. Harness, Dickey & Pierce
- Priority: JP 21045701 2021.03.19
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/10 ; G03G15/095 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
A powder conveying device includes an inflow portion, a discharge portion, and a conveying screw. Powder flows into the inflow portion from outside of the powder conveying device. The powder flows out from the discharge portion to the outside of the powder conveying device. The conveying screw includes a shaft and conveys the powder from the inflow portion to the discharge portion in a conveying direction. A surface portion of the shaft at at least one of an upstream end or a downstream end of the shaft in the conveying direction, in at least one of the inflow portion or the discharge portion has a lower friction with the powder than another surface portion of the shaft at a position other than the at least one of the upstream end or the downstream end.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220299909A1 POWDER CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE POWDER CONVEYING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2022-09-22
Information query