Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner container, image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16163880Application Date: 2018-10-18
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Publication No.: US10379461B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Daisuke Eto
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Agency: Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JP2017-203376 20171020
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner container includes a container body, a tubular body, and a screw feeder. The tubular body forms a toner conveyance path communicating with an inside of the container body. The screw feeder feeds toner in the container body to the toner conveyance path by being rotationally driven inside the container body. The screw feeder pushes toner that has arrived inside the toner conveyance path further along the toner conveyance path by feeding pressure of succeeding toner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190121258A1 TONER CONTAINER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-04-25
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