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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
May. 22, 2024
Tomonori Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonori Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powder collection container includes a powder collection port, a conveyor, and a swinging member. The powder collection port receives powder. The conveyor rotates in a specified direction to convey the powder and includes a shaft and a blade spirally wound around the shaft. The swinging member contacts the conveyor, is swingable, and has a plurality of overhang portions arranged in an axial direction of the swinging member. Each of the plurality of overhang portions having a bent portion bent toward the blade. The bent portion has a tip to contact the blade at least when the conveyor rotates in a direction opposite to the specified direction.
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