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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2011
Eisuke Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Takami, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Yamabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Masato Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Eisuke Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Takami, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Yamabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Masato Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner container that is detachably attached to a main body of an image forming apparatus such that a longitudinal direction of the toner container is parallel to a horizontal direction is provided. The toner container includes: a cylindrical container body that has an opening on one end, and is configured to convey toner inside the body toward the opening; a cap portion into which the opening of the container body is inserted, and which includes a toner outlet at a bottom portion for discharging toner discharged from the opening of the container body to the outside of the toner container in a vertically downward direction; and a shutter member that is held on the bottom portion of the cap portion, and moves along an outer periphery of the cap portion to open and close the toner outlet. The cap portion is formed by integral molding.