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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
Takaaki Yanagisawa, Ohta-ku, JP;
Masumi Sato, Ohta-ku, JP;
Kazuhiko Yuuki, Ohta-ku, JP;
Akio Kosuge, Ohta-ku, JP;
Yoshinori Ozawa, Ohta-ku, JP;
Yoshi Hattori, Ohta-ku, JP;
Tomotoshi Nakahara, Ohta-ku, JP;
Kouta Fujimori, Ohta-ku, JP;
Satoshi Muramatsu, Ohta-ku, JP;
Junichi Matsumoto, Ohta-ku, JP;
Takaaki Yanagisawa, Ohta-ku, JP;
Masumi Sato, Ohta-ku, JP;
Kazuhiko Yuuki, Ohta-ku, JP;
Akio Kosuge, Ohta-ku, JP;
Yoshinori Ozawa, Ohta-ku, JP;
Yoshi Hattori, Ohta-ku, JP;
Tomotoshi Nakahara, Ohta-ku, JP;
Kouta Fujimori, Ohta-ku, JP;
Satoshi Muramatsu, Ohta-ku, JP;
Junichi Matsumoto, Ohta-ku, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner replenishing device includes a toner conveyance path for connecting a toner storing device with a developing device, a toner conveying device for conveying the toner from the toner storing device to the developing device along the toner conveyance path, and an air supplying device connected to the toner conveyance path vie an air supply path for supplying the toner storing device with air from a bottom of the toner storing device so as to agitate the toner pooling in the toner storing device.