Patent ID: 8554107
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A toner box comprising: a main body that is configured to accommodate toner therein and that has a main-body-side communication through-hole, through which an interior and an exterior of the main body communicate; a shutter configured to move between an open position in which the shutter opens the main-body-side communication through-hole, and a closed position in which the shutter closes the main-body-side communication through-hole; and a shutter cover that is configured to cover the shutter and that is elastically deformable, wherein the shutter cover comprises an inner side surface and an outer side surface that is separated from the inner side surface by a fixed amount of distance, wherein the shutter is configured to move between the open position and the closed position while sliding against the inner side surface of the shutter cover, and wherein the outer side surface of the shutter cover is exposed to an outside of the toner box.