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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2018
Kazuki Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Emi Kita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Toyoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Emi Kita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Toyoda, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powder storage container is provided. The powder storage container includes a container body, a discharge port, a conveyer, a stirrer, a return port, and a partition wall. The container body is configured to contain powder. The powder contained in the container body is dischargeable through the discharge port. The conveyer is configured to convey the powder to the discharge port. The stirrer is configured to stir the powder contained in the container body by rotating. The return port is disposed outside a rotational locus of the stirrer in a radial direction, and the powder conveyed by the conveyer is returnable through the return port toward the stirrer. The partition wall is disposed between the stirrer and the return port with at least a part of the partition wall positioned above the return port.