Invention Grant
US08953986B2 Powder container, powder conveying apparatus, and image forming apparatus
有权
粉末容器,粉末输送装置和图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Powder container, powder conveying apparatus, and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 粉末容器,粉末输送装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13643718Application Date: 2011-04-21
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Publication No.: US08953986B2Publication Date: 2015-02-10
- Inventor: Keiichi Yoshida , Shunji Katoh , Hiroshi Ikeguchi
- Applicant: Keiichi Yoshida , Shunji Katoh , Hiroshi Ikeguchi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-102628 20100427; JP2010-102630 20100427; JP2010-102634 20100427; JP2010-212293 20100922; JP2011-020866 20110202; JP2011-024848 20110208; JP2011-043866 20110301; JP2011-055537 20110314
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/059871 WO 20110421
- International Announcement: WO2011/136129 WO 20110311
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A powder container includes: a powder containing unit which has an opening portion formed at one end portion thereof, contains a powder therein, and is formed of a flexible material; a discharging unit which is provided in the end portion provided with the opening portion, is fixed to a powder conveying apparatus, and discharges the powder delivered from the opening portion out to the powder conveying apparatus; and a portion to be locked which is provided in an end portion opposite to the opening portion and is locked to a locking portion of the powder conveying apparatus while a delivery member is biased in a direction opposite to the movement direction. When the delivery member is pressed inward from the outside of the powder containing unit so as to move toward the opening portion, the powder is delivered out from the opening portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130039678A1 POWDER CONTAINER, POWDER CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-02-14
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