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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Kenji Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kenji Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/095 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0891 (2013.01); G03G 15/095 (2013.01);
Abstract
A powder collecting device includes an inlet through which powder flows in the powder collecting device, and a conveying screw to rotate to convey the powder inside the powder collecting device. The conveying screw includes a shaft and a screw portion spirally winding around the shaft. The powder collecting device further includes a flexible sheet including a plurality of strip portions divided by a plurality of slits spaced apart in an axial direction of the conveying screw. Each of the strip portions includes a contact portion to contact the shaft of the conveying screw. The contact portion is shifted from an end of the flexible sheet.