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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2018
Nobuo Takami, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyonori Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoichi Teranishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Junichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Yamabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Akihiro Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Keinosuke Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Inoue, Shizuoka, JP;
Nobuo Takami, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyonori Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoichi Teranishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Junichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Yamabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Akihiro Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Keinosuke Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Inoue, Shizuoka, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powder container is insertable in an image forming apparatus. The powder container includes a plurality of transmitted surfaces, at least one of the transmitted surfaces being configured to contact a first protrusion of the image forming, apparatus, the first protrusion being rotatable and protruding toward an upstream side in an insertion direction in which the powder container is inserted. The transmitted surfaces stand outward from an outer circumference of the powder container so that one of the transmitted surfaces is connected to another transmitted surface adjacent to the one of the transmitted surfaces by an inclined surface.