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US 12,693,620 B2Granted
Conveying nozzle with pivot joint
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSatoru Hori, Kensuke Nakajima
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a housing to accommodate toner, a conveying nozzle having an inlet to receive the toner from the housing and an outlet to discharge the toner, and a bracket to couple the inlet of the conveying nozzle with an opening of the housing. The bracket forms a pivot joint disposed adjacent to the inlet to impart a rotational movement of the conveying nozzle around the pivot joint.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing to accommodate toner;
- a conveying nozzle having an inlet to receive the toner from the housing, and an outlet to discharge the toner;
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- a bracket to couple the inlet of the conveying nozzle with an opening of the housing, wherein the bracket forms a pivot joint disposed adjacent to the inlet to impart a rotational movement of the conveying nozzle around the pivot joint,
- wherein the conveying nozzle includes a ball end including the inlet, wherein the ball end has a substantially spherical shape, and
- wherein the pivot joint includes a socket formed by the bracket to rotatably accommodate the ball end of the conveying nozzle.
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A toner conveying device comprising:
- a conveying nozzle having an inlet to receive toner from a housing, and an outlet to discharge the toner;
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- a bracket to couple the inlet of the conveying nozzle with an opening of the housing, wherein the bracket forms a pivot joint located adjacent to the inlet to impart a rotational movement of the conveying nozzle around the pivot joint,
- wherein the conveying nozzle includes a ball end including the inlet, wherein the ball end has a substantially spherical shape, and
- wherein the pivot joint includes a socket formed by the bracket to rotatably accommodate the ball end of the conveying nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.