ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,100, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Powder container and image forming device" was invented by Keizoh Kitamura (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a powder container including a holder that stores powder, a stirring unit that stirs the powder, and a swing member to drop the powder remaining on an inner wall of the holder. The stirring unit includes a rotation shaft rotatably supported in the holder, and a stirring member provided to the rotation shaft in such a manner as to protrude outward in a radial direction. The inner wall includes a wall along an intersecting direction ...