Patent ID: 8532542
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A toner container, removably installable to an image forming apparatus, the toner container comprising: a cylindrical container body, having a first opening in a first end thereof and a notch in a circumferential surface thereof continuous with the first opening in the first end; a flange member, to engage the first opening and the notch in the container body and having a toner outlet therein through which toner in the container body is discharged, after the toner passes through the notch; a shutter member, disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the container body, to open and close the toner outlet, at installation of the toner container in the image forming apparatus; a conveyance member, rotatably installed inside the container body and extending substantially along the entire inner length of the container body, to convey the toner from a second end of the container body opposite the first end in which the first opening is formed to the toner outlet in the flange member; and a recessed portion in the container body that projects inward into an interior of the toner container.