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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yukimoto, Nagoya, JP;
Taisuke Minemura, Okazaki, JP;
Masayuki Satou, Toyohashi, JP;
Yoshiyuki Toso, Toyokawa, JP;
Shoichi Yoshikawa, Okazaki, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner storing container stores toner and is provided attachable to and detachable from an image forming apparatus. The toner storing container includes: a container body that includes an opening, and an inner circumferential surface extending toward the opening around a center line extending in one direction; and a toner conveyer that is attached onto the inner circumferential surface of the container body. The toner conveyer projects inward from the inner circumferential surface as well as spirally extends in the one direction around the center line.