Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner stirring device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16424576Application Date: 2019-05-29
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Publication No.: US10684575B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Yusuke Hashimoto
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@46be2842
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner stirring device includes: a toner storage that stores toner; a stirring member that is rotated around a rotation axis to stir the toner inside the toner storage and extends to a radially outer peripheral side; and an elastic sheet that has one end fixed to a front side part in a rotation direction of the stirring member and extends to an outer peripheral side along the stirring member, wherein the elastic sheet includes a through hole at a position corresponding to a tip part of the stirring member, and the tip part of the stirring member passes through the through hole when the elastic sheet is rotated together with the stirring member in a state in which an outer peripheral side part of the elastic sheet contacts, on a more rear side in the rotation direction than the stirring member, an inner wall of the toner storage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200012212A1 TONER STIRRING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-01-09
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