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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Shogo Usui, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Ishii, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a toner containing portion, an air blowing portion, and an air blowing control portion. The toner containing portion contains toner that is used in image formation. The air blowing portion generates an airflow that contacts an outer side surface of the toner containing portion. The air blowing control portion narrows a vertical range of the airflow, which is generated by the air blowing portion and contacts the outer side surface of the toner containing portion, downward in a vertical direction in correspondence with reduction of toner amount in the toner containing portion.
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