Patent ID: 9146499
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A toner container to be attached to an image forming apparatus, the toner container comprising: a toner storage section having a length parallel to a longitudinal direction of the toner container, the longitudinal direction being horizontal when the toner container is attached to the image forming apparatus; a toner outlet for discharging toner to outside of the toner container, the toner outlet for discharging the toner in a vertically downward direction when the toner container is attached to the image forming apparatus, the toner outlet including an edge which protrudes downwardly when the toner container is attached to the image forming apparatus, a portion of the edge which is generally transverse to the longitudinal direction including a tip that points in the longitudinal direction and is directed away from a center of the toner outlet; a shutter, slidably attached to the toner container, that is movable along the longitudinal direction of the toner container to open and close the toner outlet; and a seal on a surface of the shutter which faces the toner outlet.