Patent ID: 8121525
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A toner bottle for use in an image forming apparatus, the toner bottle comprising: a bottle body having a substantially cylindrical shape and configured to contain toner; a gear; a cap attached to the bottle body and including an opening arranged in a circumferential surface of the cap, the opening to output the toner to a development apparatus of the image forming apparatus; and a toner conveyance mechanism arranged in the toner bottle and configured to convey the toner to the opening, the toner conveyance mechanism includes a stirring member including at least one stirring rod which moves around an interior proximate to a wall of the cap to stir the toner, the stirring member being fixed relative to the gear and configured to extend to the opening of the cap to stir the toner, the stirring member attached to a ring member which contacts the gear.