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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2014
Nobuo Takami, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriyuki Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Eisuke Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Takami, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriyuki Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Eisuke Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner container for use with an image forming apparatus which includes a horizontally mounted toner body mounted within the image forming apparatus, a toner outlet to discharge toner in a downward direction, and a shutter to open and close the toner outlet which moves along a first and second rail. The second rail is disposed downstream of the first rail in the insertion direction of the toner body and parallel to the length of the toner body. The longitudinal length of the first rail is smaller than the longitudinal length of the second rail.