Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner conveyance device, and developing device and image forming apparatus including the same
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Application No.: US17968400Application Date: 2022-10-18
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Publication No.: US11809096B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Akihiro Watanabe , Eiji Gyotoku
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Stein IP LLC
- Priority: JP 21174020 2021.10.25
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner conveyance device includes a vertical conveyance portion, a horizontal conveyance portion, a conveyance member, and a loosening member. The vertical conveyance portion conveys a toner or a developer containing the toner conveyed therein through an entry port connected to a main-body-side conveyance path by causing the toner or the developer to fall vertically. The horizontal conveyance portion is connected to a lower end of the vertical conveyance portion and conveys the toner or the developer in a horizontal direction by using the conveyance member arranged in the horizontal conveyance portion. The loosening member is arranged so as to be movable between a first position below a connection portion between the main-body-side conveyance path and the entry port and a second position protruding upward beyond the connection portion and reciprocates in a vertical direction at each of the first position and the second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230129577A1 TONER CONVEYANCE DEVICE, AND DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2023-04-27
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