US 12,253,820 B2
Apparatus including an extior cover to open and close a powder collection container
Minoru Toyoda, Kanagawa (JP); and Kentaro Nodera, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Minoru Toyoda, Kanagawa (JP); and Kentaro Nodera, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/223,556.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-116900 (JP), filed on Jul. 22, 2022; and application No. 2023-062625 (JP), filed on Apr. 7, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0027949 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/12 (2006.01); G03G 21/10 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/12 (2013.01) [G03G 21/105 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1624 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
an exterior cover to open and close, the exterior cover being a mount part of the apparatus; and
a powder collection container to be attachable to and detachable from the exterior cover, to store powder, the powder collection container including:
a plurality of walls that form a storage space to store the powder, the plurality of walls including:
a first wall to face the exterior cover; and
a second wall not to face the exterior cover,
wherein a thickness of the first wall is smaller than a thickness of the second wall.