Patent ID: 9329529
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A toner container for use with an image forming apparatus by orienting a length of the toner container in a horizontal direction, the toner container comprising: a cylindrical main part including an opening at one end of a length of the cylindrical main part; and a cap which accommodates the opening of the cylindrical main part therein and includes a toner outlet for discharging toner from the opening of the main part downward in a vertical direction outside the toner container, wherein: the main part is held by the cap to be rotatable, the cap includes a cap seal facing a circumference of the opening of the main part to seal a clearance between the cap seal and the main part, and first protrusions protruding in a direction to resist an attaching force when the cap part is attached to a body of the image forming apparatus, the first protrusions protruding from a peripheral surface of the cap and disposed at an end of a length of the cap, wherein the cap seal is disposed between the main part and the first protrusions.