Attachable-detachable unit and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsSatoshi Miyawaki, Tatsuya Tamai
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Abstract
An attachable-detachable unit that is attachable to and detachable from a body. The unit includes a storage portion having a storage space in which powder is stored, the storage space including a bottom part that is continuous in one direction and a narrow region in which the storage space seen in the one direction has a smaller sectional area than in an other region; and a transport member extending in the one direction in the storage space and transporting the powder in the one direction such that at least some of the powder passes through the narrow region.
Claims15
A cartridge of a printer that is attachable to and detachable from a body of the printer, the cartridge comprising:
- a storage portion having a storage space storing toner, the storage space including a bottom part that is continuous in one direction and a narrow region in which the storage space seen in the one direction has a smaller sectional region than in an other region;
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- a transport member extending in the one direction in the storage space and transporting the toner in the one direction such that at least some of the toner passes through the narrow region, wherein
- the transport member extends from the other region through the smaller sectional region and the transport member is positioned above the smaller sectional region,
- the transport member comprises a shaft portion and a blade provided on an outer periphery of the shaft portion and that transports the toner in the one direction, and
- a grip portion formed of a part of an outer wall of the narrow region and comprises an upper part and a lower part extending in the one direction, and the transport member extending in the one direction is located between the upper part and the lower part of the grip portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.