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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2013
Shoh Tsuritani, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Kubota, Osaka, JP;
Manabu Hamada, Osaka, JP;
Masato Tsuji, Osaka, JP;
Shoh Tsuritani, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Kubota, Osaka, JP;
Manabu Hamada, Osaka, JP;
Masato Tsuji, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powder container that includes a container body to contain powder for image formation, a discharge outlet formed in the container body to discharge powder therefrom, a shutter movable between an open position to open the discharge outlet and a closed position to close the discharge outlet, and a seal member to be interposed between the container body and the shutter when the shutter is at the open position. In a state in which the shutter is at the open position, a downstream end of the seal member in an opening direction in which the shutter moves to open the discharge outlet is positioned downstream from a downstream end of the shutter in the opening direction.