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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Akihisa Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powder transport member includes a rotary member that rotates around an axis inside a container in which powder is contained, a contact member that has one end secured to the rotary member and another end that is a free end, the contact member flexing upon contact of the other end with an inner wall of the container, the contact member having multiple cuts provided in an axial direction of the rotary member, the cuts extending from the other end obliquely with respect to the rotary member, and multiple projections that are provided on the rotary member in the axial direction, the projections projecting from the rotary member toward the inner wall of the container, the projections having a distal end portion that is located at a different position from a starting edge of the cuts with respect to the axial direction.