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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Toshihiko Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Tasuku Chihara, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Toshihiko Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Tasuku Chihara, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A toner container is detachably mountable into an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus provided with a window for enabling the interior of a casing to be seen and is provided with a container main body for storing toner particles, a visual confirmation portion constituting a part of the outer surface of the container main body and to be seen through the window from the outside, and a light blocking wall standing on the outer surface of the container main body in such a manner as to surround the visual confirmation portion.