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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2007
Applicant:
Hiroshi Sano, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Sano, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a powder supplying device which supplies powder to a powder receiving device, a powder container unit contains powder therein and is provided at a bottom of the powder container unit with a gas blowing part which blows gas to the inside of the powder container unit. A suction tube has a suction opening and attracts powder contained in the powder container unit from the suction opening. A powder transporting unit transports powder attracted by the suction tube, to the powder receiving device. The suction tube is arranged in a vicinity of a side wall of the powder container unit.