Patent ID: 8929780
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A toner container detachably mountable to a main body of an image forming apparatus, the toner container comprising: a cylindrical container which accommodates toner; a cap portion which holds the cylindrical container such that the cylindrical container can rotate in a circular direction, with an end of the cylindrical container inserted in the cap portion; and a sealing member which lies between the end and an inner surface of the cap portion with the end inserted therein, wherein the toner in the cylindrical container is discharged to an inside of the cap portion through an opening in the end and the toner in the cap portion is discharged to an outside through a toner discharge port in the cap portion, as the cylindrical container rotates, and wherein the cylindrical container includes a seal receiving surface for fixing the sealing member, and the sealing member is fixed to the seal receiving surface, wherein the toner container further comprises an outer wall which rises from the seal receiving surface and which is on an outer circumferential edge of the seal receiving surface.