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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2012
Applicants:
Kazuyoshi Morii, Shizuoka, JP;
Tatsushi Umayahara, Shizuoka, JP;
Yusuke Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/10 (2006.01); B65B 1/38 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0879 (2013.01); B65B 1/10 (2013.01); B65B 1/38 (2013.01); G03G 15/0832 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fluid transferer, including a volume changing part; a reciprocating member configured to reciprocate to expand a volume of the volume changing part to draw a fluid from an upstream side of a transfer direction and compress the volume thereof to transfer the drawn fluid to a downstream side thereof with pressure; and a drive controller configured to control reciprocation of the reciprocating member such that a time for compressing the volume of the volume changing part is longer than a time for expanding the volume thereof.