Patent ID: 9207578
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A powder container comprising: a container body that includes a body and a wall portion that caps one longitudinal end of the body, powder is filled in the container body in a state where the other end of the body is opened; an agitation member that agitates the powder accommodated within the container body, the agitation member being accommodated in the container body and receiving a driving force from outside to be rotated and to agitate the powder; and a cover that covers the other end of the body, wherein the agitation member includes: a flexible sheet type member that agitates the powder accommodated within the container body, the flexible sheet being supported by the shaft member and extending in the diameter direction toward the inner peripheral surface of the body; and a plurality of arm members that extend in a plurality of directions from the shaft member toward the inner peripheral surface of the body with respect to the rotation direction of the shaft member, respectively, which are different from the direction where the sheet type member extends toward the inner peripheral surface of the body with respect to the rotation direction of the shaft member, the plurality of arm members being rotated integrally with the shaft member, the cover includes a supporting part that rotatably supports the supported part of the shaft member, and the cover is a separate member from the container body.