Toner storage case, image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorYuri Nakamura
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Abstract
A toner storage case includes a case main body, a rotary member, a support shaft portion, a bearing portion, and a toner returning portion. The case main body is configured to store toner therein. The rotary member is provided in the case main body and configured to move the toner by being rotated. The support shaft portion rotatably supports the rotary member. The bearing portion includes a bearing hole that rotatably supports the support shaft portion in a state where the support shaft portion is inserted in the bearing hole. The toner returning portion is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the support shaft portion and configured to return the toner that has entered the bearing hole, in an outward direction toward an outside of the bearing hole as the rotary member is rotated.
Claims7
A toner storage case comprising:
- a case main body in which toner is stored;
- a rotary member provided in the case main body and configured to move the toner by being rotated;
- a support shaft portion rotatably supporting the rotary member;
- a bearing portion including a bearing hole that rotatably supports the support shaft portion in a state where the support shaft portion is inserted in the bearing hole;
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- a toner returning portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the support shaft portion and configured to return the toner that has entered the bearing hole, in an outward direction toward an outside of the bearing hole as the rotary member is rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.