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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2003
Junichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Kasahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Muramatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomotoshi Nakahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Yanagisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masumi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouta Fujimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhisa Sudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Kasahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Muramatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomotoshi Nakahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Yanagisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masumi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouta Fujimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhisa Sudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner container includes a container body having a mouth-piece member positioned at a mouth of the container body. The mouth-piece member includes an opening to allow toner to be discharged from the container body, a valve configured to seal the opening and which allows a nozzle located at a setting portion of an image forming apparatus to protrude into the valve, and a least two guides provided at opposite sides of the mouth-piece member configured to engage with at least two setting guides at the setting portion of the image forming apparatus.