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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2011
Yuki Oshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiki Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Nagayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Uenishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoji Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Oshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiki Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Nagayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Uenishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoji Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powder container includes a cylindrical container body to contain a powder, having an opening in one end thereof, to convey the powder contained in the container body to the opening with rotation of the container body, and having a container-body projection provided on an outer circumferential surface of the container body; and a cylindrical holder, into which the end of the container body having the opening is inserted, to hold the container body rotatably, having a powder outlet through which the powder is discharged from the holder and a holder projection provided on an inner circumferential surface thereof. The container-body projection repetitively contacts and separates from the holder projection with rotation of the container body to vibrate the container body and the holder.