Patent ID: 8750751
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier on which a latent image is formed; a developing device that develops the latent image formed on the image carrier with a toner; a toner container that contains toner to be supplied and that is attached to a container support member by being moved in an attachment direction and detached from the container support member by being moved in a detachment direction that is opposite to the attachment direction; the container support member that supports the toner container that has been attached to the container support member; a toner supply unit that supplies the toner contained in the toner container to the developing device in accordance with consumption of the toner in the developing device; a transfer device that transfers the toner image on the image carrier onto a recording medium; a fixing device that fixes the toner image that has been transferred onto the recording medium to the recording medium; and a restricting mechanism, wherein the toner container includes wherein the container support member has a support-member opening that is located so as to communicate with the container opening in the toner container when the toner container is attached to the container support member, and wherein when the shutter member is at the open position, the front end portion is pressed in a direction away from the toner container by the sealing member, and the restricting mechanism restricts a position of a back end portion of the shutter member, the back end portion being opposed to the front end portion.