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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Furuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kamisaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuhiro Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Teppei Yawada, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powder container includes a container chamber that contains powder; a transporting member that transports the powder in the container chamber; an opening that is provided in a wall of the container chamber and through which the powder is discharged out of the container chamber as the transporting member transports the powder; and a closing member that closes a lower portion of the opening and moves vertically relative to the opening in a direction opposite to a direction of vertical movement of the opening due to tilting of the container chamber.