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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2020
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Kuramoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshifumi Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Yoshii, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshitaka Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Norihiro Tamazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigemi Murata, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Ochi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powder transport apparatus includes a first transport path disposed in the first transport path, a second transport path connected to the first transport path through a first connection port and a junction port, a third transport path connected to the second transport path through a second connection port, a second transport member that is disposed in the second transport path and includes a first shaft provided with a first spiral blade that transports powder toward the first connection port, a second spiral blade that is provided in a portion of the first shaft between the first connection port and the junction port and that has a transport force smaller than a transport force of the first spiral blade in the one direction, and a third transport member disposed in the third transport path. The third transport member transports the powder toward the second connection port.