Patent ID: 9541862
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A toner container for use in a horizontal direction which is a direction parallel to a length of the toner container, the toner container comprising: a cylindrical main part to deliver toner in the direction parallel to the length of the toner container; and a cap to accommodate a portion of the cylindrical main part therein and including a toner outlet for discharging the toner from an opening of the cylindrical main part downward in a vertical direction outside the toner container, the cap including: a hollow section which is cylindrical in shape and extends along the direction parallel to a length of the cap, and two shoulders at upper portions of an exterior of the cap, each of the shoulders including an upper flat surface and a side flat surface which are substantially perpendicular to each other, wherein: the cap includes a data storage medium disposed at an end of the cap, the cap includes protrusions protruding from opposite sides of the cap, each of the protrusions includes a peak interposed between two slopes extending along the direction parallel to the length of the cap, and the peak of each of the protrusions is disposed between a corresponding one of the shoulder parts and the data storage medium in the direction parallel to the length of the cap.