Transport member, transport device, and image forming device
US10379486B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G33/265
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A transport member includes: a shaft portion having a linear portion that is linearly disposed along a linear section of a transport path, and a curved portion that is curvedly disposed along a curved section of the transport path; and screw blades that are spirally formed on an outer circumferential surface of the linear portion and the curved portion, and that transport a powder material by rotation of the shaft portion in one of axial directions of the shaft portion, the screw blades having a small-diameter portion which has an outer diameter smaller in the curved portion than in the linear portion.
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