Patent ID: 9086652
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner container to contain toner; an insertion entrance through which the toner container is inserted; and an entrance peripheral wall surrounding the insertion entrance and including an upper wall and a projecting bottom wall projecting beyond the upper wall to an upstream side in an insertion direction in which the toner container is inserted, wherein the toner container includes a toner outlet in a substantially center portion of a bottom of the toner container in a width direction perpendicular to the insertion direction and a shutter to open and close the toner outlet, a recess is provided in a center portion of the projecting bottom wall in the width direction and recessed from the upstream side to a downstream side in the insertion direction, the recess is longer than the shutter in the width direction, and the recess and the toner outlet are linearly arranged along the insertion direction.