Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Powder supplying device and image forming device
- Patent Title (中): 粉末供应装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11911598Application Date: 2007-01-29
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Publication No.: US07826778B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Hiroshi Sano , Hirosato Amano , Keizo Chiba , Hiroshi Tateishi , Tetsuo Noji , Kazuhisa Sudo , Fumihito Itoh
- Applicant: Hiroshi Sano , Hirosato Amano , Keizo Chiba , Hiroshi Tateishi , Tetsuo Noji , Kazuhisa Sudo , Fumihito Itoh
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2006-035919 20060214; JP2006-117172 20060420
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/051841 WO 20070129
- International Announcement: WO2007/094182 WO 20070823
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08
Abstract:
In a powder supplying device, a powder container contains powder therein and is provided at a bottom of the powder container with a gas blowout part for ejecting gas to the inside of the powder container. A powder transport unit attracts powder contained in the powder container from a suction opening and transports the powder to a powder receiving device. A first detection unit is provided in the powder container to detect a remaining powder in the powder container.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080193161A1 Power Supplying Device and Image Forming Device Public/Granted day:2008-08-14
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