ELEMENT FOR NOZZLE INSERTION, A POWDER CONTAINER AND AN IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC G03G15/08 

FIELD: storage.

SUBSTANCE: present invention relates to a powder container, a nozzle insertion element attached to a powder container, and an image forming apparatus including a powder container. Claimed group of inventions includes an image forming device and a powder container. Powder container attached to the image forming device in the longitudinal direction comprises: a powder magazine for storing an image forming powder therein, a nozzle receiver attached to the powder magazine and designed to receive the insertion nozzle, a conveyor for transferring the powder in the longitudinal direction from one end to the other end, having a nozzle receiver and a gear for rotating the conveyor by an external driving force; the nozzle receiver comprising: a shutter for opening the open part of the nozzle receiver, when the nozzle of the image forming apparatus is pressed against the shutter, and for closing the open part of the nozzle receiver when there is no pressure from the nozzle of the image forming apparatus, and the seal on the front end surface of the shutter, including a surface that has a lower friction coefficient than the other parts thereof, and which faces outward from the front end face of the shutter.

EFFECT: technical result is to prevent cohesion of the powder using a simple structure.

11 cl, 51 dwg