Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and toner container
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置和调色剂容器
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Application No.: US12841752Application Date: 2010-07-22
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Publication No.: US08532540B2Publication Date: 2013-09-10
- Inventor: Hideaki Tanaka
- Applicant: Hideaki Tanaka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2009-206690 20090908
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a feed portion that is fed with toner from above; a transport path that includes an inlet through which the toner fed to the feed portion enters, that allows the toner to be transported therethrough, and that is in a cylindrical shape; and a transporting member provided to continuously extend from the feed portion to the transport path, the transporting member transporting along the transport path the toner fed to the feed portion, wherein an amount of transportation of the toner per unit of time at a part of the transporting member located in the transport path is larger than an amount of transportation of the toner per unit of time at a part of the transporting member located in the feed portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110058855A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER CONTAINER Public/Granted day:2011-03-10
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