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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2021
Applicants:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Tanaka, Tonami, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0872 (2013.01); G03G 15/0877 (2013.01);
Abstract
A powder container includes a container body, a spiral projection, and a convex portion. The container body stores powder and is rotatable around an axis of the container body. The spiral projection is inside the container body. The convex portion includes a flat surface portion and protrudes inward from an inner wall surface of the container body. A virtual plane including the flat surface portion passes through the axis.