Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intermediate hopper and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 中间料斗和成像设备
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Application No.: US13756643Application Date: 2013-02-01
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Publication No.: US08971771B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Shuichi Akedo
- Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-Shi
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-Shi
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: JP2012-020891 20120202
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
An intermediate hopper has a toner reception tub, a partition for dividing an internal space of the toner reception tub; a first and a second toner conveyance path; a first toner conveyance screw being provided in the first toner conveyance path; a second toner conveyance screw being provided in the second toner conveyance path; a toner receiving port for receiving the toner; a toner communicating path for guiding the toner in the first toner conveyance path to the second toner conveyance path; a toner discharge port; and a toner amount detection sensor, wherein the first toner conveyance screw further comprises an agitation plate disposed at a position facing the toner receiving port so as to extend radially from the first rotation axis and fixed in parallel with the first rotation axis, and the toner amount detection sensor is provided on an upstream side relative to the agitation plate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130202329A1 INTERMEDIATE HOPPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-08-08
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