Patent ID: 8224205
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A powder storage container that is removably inserted into a container receiving portion of a chassis of an image forming apparatus, the container that stores a powder therein, the container comprising: a container body that stores the powder therein; an opening formed in a portion of the container body; an opening-and-closing cover that blocks the opening; a cover holding frame that holds the opening-and-closing cover so that the opening-and-closing cover is movable in an opening-and-closing direction between an opening position in which the opening is open and a closing position in which the opening is closed; a protrusion portion that is provided in the opening-and-closing cover and that protrudes towards the cover holding frame in a direction intersecting the opening-and-closing direction in a state where the opening-and-closing cover is located in the closing position; a blocking portion that is provided in the cover holding frame, wherein a position regulating protrusion that protrudes from the cover holding frame in a direction which intersects the opening-and-closing direction, wherein a disengagement suppressing protrusion that is provided in the opening-and-closing cover on an opposite side to the protrusion portion in the direction, which intersects the opening-and-closing direction of the opening-and-closing cover, wherein