US 2008/0187365 A1 · Image forming apparatus and powder housing unit

Abstract

A powder housing unit includes a plate-shaped agitating unit that is horizontally arranged inside of a casing to accommodate a powder, a rotating shaft that causes the agitating unit to slide back and forth, and a powder conveying unit that conveys the powder in a horizontal direction during the sliding. The rotating shaft is supported by a shaft supporting unit in a rotatable manner such that a space is formed between the rotating shaft and the shaft supporting unit.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A powder housing unit comprising:

a casing configured to accommodate a powder;
an agitating unit that is arranged inside the casing and agitates the powder so that the powder evenly spreads inside the casing;
a sliding mechanism that is arranged inside the casing and causes the agitating unit to slide whereby the agitating unit agitates the powder;
and
a suppressing member that suppresses noise and vibration produced when the sliding mechanism slides the agitating unit.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/010,797Filed 30 Jan 2008

Priority

JP 2007-0260315 Feb 2007

Published

7 Aug 2008

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G03G 21/12
Collecting or recycling waste developer: toner waste containers
G03G 15/1605
Of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern , e.g. magnetic transfer: using at least one intermediate support
G03G 15/161
Using at least one intermediate support: with means for handling the intermediate support, e.g. heating, cleaning, coating with a transfer agent
G03G 2215/0132
The linear arrangement being horizontal or slanted: vertical medium transport path at the secondary transfer

Image forming apparatus and powder housing unit

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Image forming apparatus and powder housing unit

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Abstract

Claims19