Patent ID: 9026009
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A toner container for containing toner, removably installable into an apparatus body, the toner container comprising: a container body, a length of the toner container being arranged along a longitudinal direction, the toner container having a front and a rear, the front and the rear being opposite to each other along the longitudinal direction; an opening for receiving toner therein or discharging toner; and a handle at the front of the toner container, the handle having a center which faces in a direction which is parallel to a center axis of the container body, the handle having an outer surface which extends away from the container body in the longitudinal direction asymmetrically with regard to the center of the handle so that a portion of the outer surface on one side of the center extends farther away from the container body than another portion of the outer surface on another side of the center which is opposite to said one side, wherein the container body includes sides which are parallel to the center axis of the container body.