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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2013
Ichiro Kadota, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunihiro Ohyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Yamane, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Taguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Ichiro Kadota, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunihiro Ohyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Yamane, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Taguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner container and an image forming apparatus are disclosed. The toner container includes a guiding member formed at a part surrounding a toner outlet to be protruded from a circumferential surface of the toner container for guiding an opening or closing operation of a shutter member in a circumferential direction of the toner container. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming apparatus main body. The image forming apparatus main body includes a main body side shutter for opening or closing a toner supplying opening to be connected to the toner outlet. When the shutter member is opened, an end surface of the guiding member pushes the main body side shutter together with the opening operation of the shutter member, and the toner supplying opening is opened and is connected to the toner outlet.