Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 调色剂输送装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US13454303Application Date: 2012-04-24
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Publication No.: US08855522B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Kenji Ninomiya
- Applicant: Kenji Ninomiya
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2011-110215 20110517
- Main IPC: G03G21/10
- IPC: G03G21/10

Abstract:
A toner conveying apparatus includes a conveying unit providing a toner conveyance path having an inlet portion and an outlet portion and provided for conveying toner from the inlet portion to the outlet portion, and a first rotation member that is rotatable and located upstream in a toner conveying direction of the conveyance path, wherein the first rotation member rotates about a first rotating shaft to convey toner from an outside of the toner conveyance path toward the inlet portion. In addition, a second rotation member is rotatable and located downstream in the toner conveying direction of the conveyance path, wherein the second rotation member rotates about a second rotating shaft to convey toner from the outlet portion away from the toner conveyance path, and an agitation device agitates toner in the toner conveyance path. One end portion of the agitation device is connected to a first eccentric shaft eccentric with regard to the first rotation member and another end portion of the agitation device is connected to a second eccentric shaft eccentric with regard to the second rotation member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120294654A1 TONER CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-11-22
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