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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2023
Shuntaroh Tamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiji Terazawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Yosio Sano, Shizuoka, JP;
Teruo Shibata, Shizuoka, JP;
Tatsuya Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuntaroh Tamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiji Terazawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Yosio Sano, Shizuoka, JP;
Teruo Shibata, Shizuoka, JP;
Tatsuya Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A packing member, a toner container, and a packing method. The packing member contains the toner container, and the packing member includes a box containing the toner container with a gap between one side of the box and a container body and between the one side of the box and a large-dimension portion of the toner container, a first pressing portion that presses the container body, and a second pressing portion that presses the large-dimension portion. In the packing member, the large-dimension portion of the toner container is disposed at one end of the container body, and the large-dimension portion has a wider dimension than the container body in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the toner container. In the packing member, the container body contacts, with first contact force, a first bearer inside the box to maintain the gap.