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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2023
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Hosokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunji Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Tamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Ikeguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiji Terazawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Junji Yamabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Kaori Mitsuishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshihide Tomotaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Tsunehiro Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Kenji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powder container including a nozzle receiving opening at one side of the powder container in a longitudinal direction of the powder container, a scoop, at the one side, to scoop up the powder, when the scoop is rotated about a rotational axis, and a holder, at the one side, which is rotatable around the rotational axis relative to the scoop. The holder includes an electrical terminal, facing the longitudinal direction, and the holder and the electrical terminal not intersecting the rotational axis. The electrical terminal is oblique to the rotational axis relative to a vertical direction when the powder container is in a mounted orientation.