OPENING/CLOSING MECHANISM, POWDER TRANSPORT DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND POWDER PROCESSING APPARATUS

An opening/closing mechanism is provided between a powder transport container removably attached to an apparatus housing and a powder receiving container provided in the apparatus housing to receive powder in the powder transport container as a result of a connection port communicating with a discha...

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Hauptverfasser: SUTO Tadashi, SATO Koichi, TAKASHIMA Yoshiyuki, SASAKI Hibiki
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An opening/closing mechanism is provided between a powder transport container removably attached to an apparatus housing and a powder receiving container provided in the apparatus housing to receive powder in the powder transport container as a result of a connection port communicating with a discharging port of the powder transport container. The opening/closing mechanism opens and closes the discharging port along with attachment and detachment of the powder transport container, and includes an opening/closing lid that opens the discharging port by being stopped by a part of the powder receiving container when the powder transport container is attached to the apparatus housing, a seal member, and a covering material that is provided on a surface of the opening/closing lid opposed to the seal member and has a protruding piece in contact with an edge portion of the connection port when the powder transport container is attached.