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AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsNobuo Iwata, Nobuo Kasahara, Satoshi Muramatsu, Junichi Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Ichikawa
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The powder container includes a powder discharging outlet at one end portion of one side wall of the powder container. The powder replenishing device further includes a reciprocating motion device that reciprocates the powder container between forward and backward directions with respect to a moving direction of the powder toward the powder discharging outlet so as to move the powder in the powder container toward the powder discharging outlet in a state that the powder discharging outlet is directed downward in substantially a vertical direction.
A powder replenishing device, comprising:
A developing apparatus that develops a latent image formed on an image bearing member with developer, comprising:
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
A powder conveying device, comprising:
A developing apparatus that develops a latent image formed on an image bearing member with developer, comprising:
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
A method of replenishing powder to a developing device of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of conveying powder through a powder conveying path member having an outlet to a developing device of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
A powder replenishing device, comprising:
A powder conveying device, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.