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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2019
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Riku Minamoto, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A toner container includes a container body containing a toner, a rotating member, a moving member, and a restricting mechanism. The container body has a discharging port discharging the toner. The rotating member is at least partly installed in the container body, engaged with an inner face of the container body, and rotated around a rotation axis extended in one direction. The moving member is attached to the rotating member, moved in the one direction in accordance with rotation of the rotating member, and conveys the toner in the container body to the discharging port. The restricting mechanism is provided in an engaging part of the rotating member and an inner face of the container body. The restricting mechanism allows rotation of the rotating member in a first rotating direction, and restricts rotation of the rotating member in a second rotating direction opposite to the first rotating direction.