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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeru Yoshiki, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Yoshizawa, Urawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399261 ; 399262 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is loaded with a toner housing container which houses toner and has an opening. A lower portion of the toner housing container is knocked with rotation of the toner housing container so that toner on an interior wall of the toner housing container is moved.