Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner supply device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 调色剂供应装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13291497Application Date: 2011-11-08
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Publication No.: US08855535B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Yasufumi Takahashi
- Applicant: Yasufumi Takahashi
- 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: JP2010-277358 20101213
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner supply device includes a toner storage section including plural toner containing sections and a dividing part, the plural toner containing sections being arranged from an upstream side to a downstream side in a toner feeding direction and including respective rotating members configured to rotate to feed the toner, the dividing part being formed between the toner containing sections adjacent to each other and including an upper end part. Further, a position of the upper end part of the dividing part is higher than a position of a rotational center of the rotating member included in the toner containing section on the upstream side in the toner feeding direction of the toner containing sections adjacent to each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120148312A1 TONER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-06-14
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