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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shotaro Nomura, Shizuoka, JP;
Takeshi Tsujino, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsuhiko Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner processing apparatus processing an object comprising toner particles, comprising a processing chamber having a drive shaft rotatably provided at the bottom of chamber; a rotating member and a flow means pivotally supported by the drive shaft, wherein the rotating member comprises a main portion, and a processing portion protruding outward in the radial direction comprising a plate-shaped processing surface that collides with the object, and a rear wing coupled to the upstream side of the plate-shaped processing surface in a rotation direction; the plate-shaped processing surface protrudes upward from the rear wing; the plate-shaped processing surface away from the main portion is on the downstream side in the rotation direction of the rotating member; and where a radius of inner circumference of processing chamber is denoted by d, the shortest distance between inner wall of processing chamber and plate-shaped processing surface is 0.100d or less.