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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2010
Yusuke Yamada, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Yutaka Ban, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Murakami, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Fumio Tazawa, Chiba-ken, JP;
Hironori Minagawa, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Yusuke Yamada, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Yutaka Ban, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Murakami, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Fumio Tazawa, Chiba-ken, JP;
Hironori Minagawa, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus includes a main body for containing toner, a toner discharging portion having an opening, and a coupling member. The coupling member includes an extended portion. The extended portion includes an engaging projection. The engaging projection is configured and positioned to displace in an inward direction with the extended portion as the engaging projection enters a hollow cylindrical driving member of an assembly of the image forming apparatus, and is also configured and positioned to engage with a slot of the hollow cylindrical driving member when the extended portion elastically restores in an outward direction. The engaging projection includes a tapered surface portion configured and positioned to receive a force for displacing in the inward direction with the extended portion as the engaging projection enters the hollow cylindrical driving member, and a side surface portion.