Patent ID: 8958725
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A powder container comprising: a body; and a pair of walls that blocks one longitudinal end of the body and the other longitudinal end of the body, powder being accommodated within the powder container and the powder container being mounted to an apparatus using the powder in a posture where a longitudinal direction of the body is substantially parallel to a horizontal direction, wherein the powder container has an opening, through which the powder within the powder container is supplied to the apparatus, formed in a lower position of the body in a posture where the powder container is mounted to the apparatus, and wherein the powder container further includes: a shutter that is, prior to mounting the powder container to the apparatus, in a closed location to block the opening and, when the powder container is mounted to the apparatus, is moved along an outer peripheral surface of the body to an opened location to open the opening, and a shield that forms a part of the outer surface of the body which extends to a position which (1) is adjacent to the end of the shutter at the closed location in the moving direction toward the closed location, and (2) is further away than an outer surface of the shutter in a radial direction of the body from a longitudinal center line of the body, and a circuit board that is disposed in a position which is above the outer peripheral surface of the body and is next to the shutter in the longitudinal direction of the body, and wherein, in the longitudinal direction, the shield extends to the position next to the shutter and to a location next to the circuit board.