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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2008
Tomoe Sasaki, Fuji, JP;
Masashi Hasegawa, Numazu, JP;
Tetsuya Kusano, Susono, JP;
Nobuhiro Makita, Numazu, JP;
Makoto Kawaguchi, Numazu, JP;
Yoshihide Kawamura, Numazu, JP;
Seiji Terazawa, Mishima, JP;
Tomoe Sasaki, Fuji, JP;
Masashi Hasegawa, Numazu, JP;
Tetsuya Kusano, Susono, JP;
Nobuhiro Makita, Numazu, JP;
Makoto Kawaguchi, Numazu, JP;
Yoshihide Kawamura, Numazu, JP;
Seiji Terazawa, Mishima, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner container that can pass not only air but a toner, has toner sealing ability, and does not allow toner leakage even during transportation and an inner pressure change of the container, by placing an air permeable member at the fitting part in the casing part. An inner cap including at least the air permeable member is placed in the casing part of the inner cap, wherein the inner cap is used for a toner container that is detachably mounted to a developing unit in an image forming apparatus using an electrophotographical method, and the toner container includes at least a container main body, the inner cap, and an outer cap.