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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2019
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Nakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiyou Uehara, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powder accommodating device includes: an accommodating portion that has an opening at one end, is installed horizontally to accommodate powder, and transports the powder toward the opening by rotation; a lid portion that has a cylindrical inner wall surface, covers the opening and is held in a non-rotational state; and an agitation portion including: a cylindrical portion that is disposed in the lid portion, communicates with the opening, and rotates integrally with the accommodating portion; and plural agitation rods that each have a rod shape protruding from the cylindrical portion in a rotation axis direction in a direction away from the cylindrical portion and circulate along the inner wall surface to agitate the powder in the hollow portion, wherein at least some of the plural agitation rods are connected to each other via a beam provided at a position out of the cylindrical portion.