Toner supply device having cylindrical rotating container and paddle and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorRyo Taniguchi
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Abstract
A toner supply device for supplying toner to a developing device includes a toner container containing toner to be supplied to the developing device and a remaining amount sensor for detecting the remaining amount of toner in the toner container. The toner container includes a cylindrical rotating container having a spiral conveying rib formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof and a paddle provided so as to be slidable on the inner peripheral surface of the rotating container. The remaining amount sensor detects the remaining amount of toner on the upstream side on or before the contact position of the paddle in the toner conveying direction.
Claims4
A toner supply device for supplying toner to a developing device, comprising:
- a toner container containing toner to be supplied to the developing device;
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- a remaining amount sensor detecting a remaining amount of toner in the toner container,
- wherein the toner container comprises a cylindrical rotating container having a spiral conveying rib formed on an inner peripheral surface thereof, and a paddle provided so as to slidably contact the inner peripheral surface of the rotating container, and
- wherein the remaining amount sensor is provided at a position that is the same as a contact position of the paddle in a rotation axis direction of the rotating container and is adjacent to the contact position on an upstream side of the paddle in a rotation direction of the rotating container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.