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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
May. 20, 2014
Satoshi Kojima, Shizuoka, JP;
Junichi Awamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Tsuneyasu Nagatomo, Shizuoka, JP;
Shingo Sakashita, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomoki Murayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaya Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hosokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunji Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Tamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Ikeguchi, Saitama, JP;
Kenji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Michiharu Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kojima, Shizuoka, JP;
Junichi Awamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Tsuneyasu Nagatomo, Shizuoka, JP;
Shingo Sakashita, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomoki Murayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaya Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hosokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunji Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Tamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Ikeguchi, Saitama, JP;
Kenji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Michiharu Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Toner housing container includes: container body mountable on toner conveying device and housing toner supplied into toner conveying device; conveying portion provided in container body and conveying toner from longer direction one end of container body to other end at which container opening portion is provided; pipe receiving port provided at container opening portion and receiving conveying pipe fixed to toner conveying device; and uplifting portion to move toner conveyed by conveying portion toward toner receiving port of conveying pipe. Toner has loose apparent density of 0.28 g/cmto 0.53 g/cm. Container body includes protruding portion protruding from container body interior side of container opening portion toward one end. Uplifting portion includes uplifting wall surface extending from internal wall surface of container body toward protruding portion, and curving portion curving to conform to protruding portion. Protruding portion is present between curving portion and toner receiving port of inserted conveying pipe.