Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Powder container apparatus and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 粉末容器装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US12638324Application Date: 2009-12-15
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Publication No.: US08369720B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Tetsuya Ohba , Hidenori Iwanaga
- Applicant: Tetsuya Ohba , Hidenori Iwanaga
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2009-020589 20090130; JP2009-249819 20091030
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/12

Abstract:
A powder container apparatus for containing a powder material removed from a cleaned body using a cleaning unit includes a casing having an opening at the top; a collecting bag made of a soft and freely deformable material detachably disposed within the casing, the collecting bag being configured to contain the powder material that is dropped via the opening of the casing; a displaced member disposed between the collecting bag and the casing and configured to be horizontally displaced by the collecting bag when the collecting bag is inflated by the powder material contained in the collecting bag; a displacement amount detecting unit configured to detect the displacement of the displaced member; and a collected amount detecting unit configured to determine a collected amount of the powder material in the collecting bag based on the horizontal displacement of the displaced member detected by the displacement amount detecting unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100196021A1 POWDER CONTAINER APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-08-05
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