发明名称 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
摘要 An image forming apparatus includes a toner containing portion, an air blowing portion, and an air blowing control portion. The toner containing portion contains toner that is used in image formation. The air blowing portion generates an airflow that contacts an outer side surface of the toner containing portion. The air blowing control portion narrows a vertical range of the airflow, which is generated by the air blowing portion and contacts the outer side surface of the toner containing portion, downward in a vertical direction in correspondence with reduction of toner amount in the toner containing portion.
申请公布号 US2015110519(A1) 申请公布日期 2015.04.23
申请号 US201414520092 申请日期 2014.10.21
申请人 KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. 发明人 Usui Shogo;Ishii Satoshi
分类号 G03G21/20 主分类号 G03G21/20
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner containing portion containing toner that is used in image formation; an air blowing portion configured to generate an airflow that contacts an outer side surface of the toner containing portion; and an air blowing control portion configured to narrow a vertical range of the airflow, which is generated by the air blowing portion and contacts the outer side surface of the toner containing portion, downward in a vertical direction in correspondence with reduction of toner amount in the toner containing portion.
地址 Osaka JP