Patent ID: 8577250
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
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 toner seal that is configured to be sandwiched between the main body and the shutter and to surround a perimeter of the main-body-side communication through-hole when the shutter is in the closed position, the toner seal comprising: an elastic layer provided with a fixing surface; and a mesh layer disposed on a surface of the elastic layer opposite to the fixing surface, one portion of the mesh layer being in fluid communication with the main-body-side communication through-hole and another portion of the mesh layer being in fluid communication with air external to the main body when the shutter is in the closed position.