Powder supplying device, method of filling powder into...

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2011-03-08

2011-03-08

Gray, David M (Department: 2852)

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method of filling a powder into a powder supplying device including: a housing that accommodates the powder; a rotating member disposed rotatably within the housing; a sheet-shaped conveying member fixed to the rotating member, whose free end side region, which is different from a fixed portion, slidingly-contacts and moves along an inner wall of the housing by rotation of the rotating member to convey the powder; and a powder supply opening provided at the housing at a downstream side in a direction of conveying the powder, the method including filling, into the housing, the powder in an amount such that, at a time when usage of the powder supplying device starts, a height of the powder is greater than or equal to a height of a bottom surface of the rotating member.

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