摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a powder supply device which requires little replacement work, increases powder capacity, is high in workability in replacement, adjusts a minute powder supply amount, eliminates the scattering of the powder, and efficiently and surely transports the powder to a destination, without giving damage to powder, and also to provide an image forming device. <P>SOLUTION: The powder supply device has: a powder receiving section 31 for receiving the powder in it and having at its bottom a gas ejection section for ejecting gas toward the inside of the powder receiving section 31; and transportation means 22, 40, 41, 50 and 51 for sucking the powder received in the powder receiving section 31 and transporting the powder toward the destination. The powder receiving section 31 is configured to be freely attachable to and detachable from a powder supply device main body 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |