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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
May. 24, 2022
Yuuki Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuntaroh Tamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryusuke Mase, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuntaroh Tamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryusuke Mase, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer accommodating device includes a rotator including a rotation shaft, a collar that rotates together with the rotation shaft, and a bearing rotatably supporting the rotation shaft via the collar. The rotation shaft includes a resin material, and collar including a metal material. The collar includes a collar main portion to be in sliding contact with the bearing, and a flange portion closer to a center of the rotator in an axial direction of the rotator than the collar main portion. The collar main portion has a first outer diameter, and the flange portion has a second outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter of the collar main portion.