POWDER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

A powder container that is removably attachable to an image forming apparatus and that includes a container body, including a container opening in a first end and containing image forming powder; a conveyor, arranged inside the container body, to convey the powder from a second end of the container...

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Main Authors SHUNJI KATO, TOSHIHIDE TOMOTAKA, SHINJI TAMAKI, SEIJI TERAZAWA, KENJI KIKUCHI, HIROSHI HOSOKAWA, HIROSHI IKEGUCHI, KAORI MITSUISHI, TSUNEHIRO WATANABE, JUNJI YAMABE
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LanguageEnglish
Published 28.05.2015
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Summary:A powder container that is removably attachable to an image forming apparatus and that includes a container body, including a container opening in a first end and containing image forming powder; a conveyor, arranged inside the container body, to convey the powder from a second end of the container body to the first end along a longitudinal direction of the container body; a nozzle receiver, arranged in the container opening and including a nozzle receiving opening to receive a powder conveying nozzle of the image forming apparatus, to guide the powder conveying nozzle to the inside of the container body; and a scooping portion, scooping up the powder received from the conveyor with the rotation of the scooping portion, to move the powder to a powder receiving opening of the powder conveying nozzle. The nozzle receiving opening is arranged on the inner bottom of the container opening.
Bibliography:Application Number: SG20151002306R