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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2024
Nobuo Takami, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Takami, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shutter mechanism includes an opening, an opening and closing part attached to the opening and openable and closable, a first fitting part disposed at one end with reference to a center of the opening in an open direction of the opening and closing part to move in the open direction to make engagement, a second fitting part disposed at another end opposite the one end with reference to the center of the opening to move in the open direction to make engagement, the first fitting part and the second fitting part detachably attached to a powder container containing a powder used to form an image, the first fitting part and the second fitting part used for positioning in a direction intersecting with the open direction, and a butt face orthogonal to the open direction.