Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner conveyance device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15131949Application Date: 2016-04-18
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Publication No.: US09703253B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Daisuke Tomita , Toshiya Satoh , Satoshi Hatori , Takeshi Fukao , Hajime Teraji , Norio Kudoh , Hiroyuki Uenishi
- Applicant: Daisuke Tomita , Toshiya Satoh , Satoshi Hatori , Takeshi Fukao , Hajime Teraji , Norio Kudoh , Hiroyuki Uenishi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2015-084646 20150417
- Main IPC: G03G21/10
- IPC: G03G21/10 ; G03G15/08 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
A toner conveyance device includes a toner conveyance path through which toner is transported. The toner conveyance path includes a flexible portion, a toner conveyor inside the conveyance path to convey the toner, and a restrictor outside the toner conveyance path to restrict deformation of the toner conveyance path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160306318A1 TONER CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-10-20
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