Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner carrying device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 调色剂携带装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12266971Application Date: 2008-11-07
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Publication No.: US08078087B2Publication Date: 2011-12-13
- Inventor: Yuhsuke Yoshimoto , Masanobu Deguchi , Takeshi Wakabayashi , Kohichi Takenouchi , Kiyofumi Morimoto , Hiroo Naoi
- Applicant: Yuhsuke Yoshimoto , Masanobu Deguchi , Takeshi Wakabayashi , Kohichi Takenouchi , Kiyofumi Morimoto , Hiroo Naoi
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: JP2007-299697 20071119
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner carrying device includes a flexible sheet, and a sheet moving mechanism for allowing the flexible sheet to move back and forth by pulling the flexible sheet. In the flexible sheet, a toner passage hole for leaving a first opening section of a toner carrying pipe to open is provided. In a case where the toner passage hole is divided into first through three areas in such a manner that (i) the first area is provided on a side of one end of the flexible sheet in a direction orthogonal to a moving direction of the flexible sheet; (ii) the second area is provided on a side of the other end of the flexible sheet in the direction orthogonal to the moving direction; and (iii) the third area is provided between the first area and the second area, the third area extends broader in the moving direction than respective of the first and second areas. This allows the flexible sheet partially having the toner passage hole in its area to move smoothly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090129824A1 TONER CARRYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-05-21
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