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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2010
Nobuyuki Taguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Misaki Uchiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kurita, Yokohama, JP;
Goro Katsuyama, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyuki Taguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Misaki Uchiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kurita, Yokohama, JP;
Goro Katsuyama, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The toner bottle exchangeably used in an image forming apparatus. The toner bottle includes a bottle body having a substantially cylindrical shape and configured to contain toner, a gear configured to rotate a part of the toner bottle, a cap attached to the bottle body and including an opening arranged in a circumferential surface of the cap and configured to output toner to a development apparatus of the image forming apparatus, a toner conveyance mechanism arranged in the bottle body and configured to convey the toner to the opening.