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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
May. 23, 2013
Makoto Komatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsukuru Kai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hosokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Hayakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuzuru Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Komatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsukuru Kai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hosokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Hayakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuzuru Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powder container includes a rotatable powder chamber for containing powder used for forming images, having an opening on a first side in an axial direction of the powder container, a conveyor to transport powder contained in the powder chamber to the first side from a second side in the axial direction, a protrusion radially projecting from an outer circumferential surface of the powder chamber, disposed in a circumferential area of the powder chamber, and a facing member disposed facing the outer circumferential surface of the powder chamber. The protrusion contacts the facing member as the powder chamber rotates.