Toner transporting device and image forming apparatus including toner transporting device
US8862043B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 25, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0827
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A toner transporting device includes a screw that includes a spiral fin wound around a shaft portion and transports toner in the axial direction, and a toner crushing member that is disposed along the transport direction of the toner and crushes accumulated toner, wherein the toner crushing member includes a base portion that extends along the shaft portion of the screw, and a flexible plate member which is disposed at a position in which the flexible plate member bumps into and contacts the fin, and in which the downstream side in the transport direction of the toner in the screw is fixed to the base portion and the upstream side is separated from the base portion.
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