Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Powder feeding device having negative pressure generation control and power discharge control and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 具有负压发生控制和放电控制的图像形成装置的粉末供给装置
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Application No.: US14450832Application Date: 2014-08-04
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Publication No.: US09031474B2Publication Date: 2015-05-12
- Inventor: Yukio Otome , Masashi Nakayama , Hiroyuki Mabuchi
- Applicant: Yukio Otome , Masashi Nakayama , Hiroyuki Mabuchi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2010-203674 20100910; JP2010-203682 20100910; JP2010-203705 20100910; JP2010-203719 20100910
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A powder feeding device includes a powder container, a feeding tank in communication with the powder container, a negative pressure room in communication with the feeding tank via a suction port communicating tube; an air suction device in communication with the negative pressure room via a negative pressure room communication tube; a suction port opening and closing unit that opens and closes the suction port communicating tube; a negative pressure room opening and closing unit that opens and closes of the negative pressure room communication tube; an output port opening and closing unit that opens and closes an output port of the feeding tank; and a controller that performs negative pressure generation control, powder supply control, and powder discharge control. Further, the controller simultaneously starts the negative pressure generation control and the powder discharge control.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140341618A1 POWDER FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-11-20
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