Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Masaki Serizawa

Atsushi Inoue

Seiji Terazawa

Hideo Ichikawa

Makoto Kawaguchi

Hirosato Amano

Masashi Hasegawa

Toshihide Tomotaka

Kotaro Koide

Tomokazu Saitoh

Makoto Hanada

The present invention provides toner supplying devices, toner supplying processes, and the like that control bulk density of a mixture of toner and gas efficiently thereby enhancing the fluidity of the mixture, and maintaining the high fluidity for a long period. The invention includes a toner supplying device that has a toner containing portion configured to store a toner, a toner outlet configured to discharge the toner from the toner containing portion, a conveying pipe configured to convey the toner, and a gas feeding unit configured to feed a gas. The toner supplying device supplies the toner from the toner containing portion to an image forming unit of an image forming apparatus. A porous member is disposed near the toner outlet, and the gas is fed into the toner containing portion through the porous member.

Toner supplying device, toner supplying process, image forming apparatus, and image forming process

A stretch label attaching device for attaching a stretch label on a good, including an adapter supporting the label from the inside thereof and has an opening into which the good is inserted; an adapter support member configured to support a lower portion of the adapter and has an opening into which the good is inserted; and an adapter fixing member configured to fix the lower portion of the adapter together with the adapter support member. A method for attaching a stretch label on a good including setting a stretch label on the adapter mentioned above; inserting the good into the openings of the adapter and adapter support member while extending the label at a ratio not greater than 5 %; and releasing the stretch label attaching device from the good while holding the label, to attach the label to the predetermined position of the good.

Stretch label attaching device

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Numazu, Japan

Masaki Serizawa