Patent ID: 9164426
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A toner container comprising: a container body that includes a lower housing that can store toner thereinside, the container body having a shape that is elongated; a toner conveying path that is provided in an upper portion of the lower housing at an end thereof in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the container body, the toner conveying path extending in the longitudinal direction to have an elongated shape and having, on a bottom surface thereof, a supply opening through which toner is supplied to the outside; a rotating member that is rotatably provided in the lower housing, that extends in the longitudinal direction to have an elongated shape, and that rotates to scoop, into the toner conveying path, toner stored in the lower housing; a conveying member that is rotatably provided in the toner conveying path, and that rotates to convey, along the longitudinal direction toward the supply opening, toner in the toner conveying path; an inclined wall that is provided at a portion between the toner conveying path and an upper end portion of a side wall of the lower housing at the end thereof and that extends diagonally downward from the toner conveying path to the upper end portion; a film member whose one end is fixed to an end portion of the inclined wall on the toner conveying path side such that the film member extends along the inclined wall and projects diagonally downward toward a region in which the rotating member rotates; and a stepped portion that is provided in a lower end of the inclined wall, and that forms, between the stepped portion and the film member, a space having a predetermined height.