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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2009
Imaging apparatus having particle supply and collection apparatus arranged outside imaging apparatus
Hiroshi Sano, Shizuoka, JP;
Hirosato Amano, Shizuoka, JP;
Keizo Chiba, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuo Noji, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Tateishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhisa Sudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihito Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Sano, Shizuoka, JP;
Hirosato Amano, Shizuoka, JP;
Keizo Chiba, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuo Noji, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Tateishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhisa Sudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihito Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A particle supply apparatus is disclosed that includes a particle accommodating unit that accommodates particles, a gas spouting unit that is arranged at a bottom portion of the particle accommodating unit and is configured to spout gas toward the particles, a conveying mechanism that applies suction to the particles accommodated in the particle accommodating unit and conveys the particles toward a supply destination, and a gas discharge unit that discharges gas contained within the particle accommodating unit toward an exterior side of the particle accommodating unit.