Patent ID: 8600262

Claim:
A toner container for use with an image forming apparatus, comprising: a toner storing section having a cylindrical shape and a longitudinal axis; a toner outlet at a circumferential surface of the toner container for discharging toner in the toner container to the image forming apparatus; a shutter member at the circumferential surface of the toner container for opening or closing the toner outlet due to rotation of the toner container in a state where the toner container is attached to the image forming apparatus; a guiding member disposed a side of the toner outlet and which protrudes from the circumferential surface of the toner container for guiding an opening or closing operation of the shutter member in a circumferential direction of the toner container; and a contacting section for contacting an end part of a shutter of the image forming apparatus and for pushing the shutter of the image forming apparatus, wherein when the toner container is attached to the image forming apparatus, the contacting section and the guiding member are disposed at opposite sides of the shutter of the image forming apparatus in the circumferential direction of the toner container and sandwich the shutter of the image forming apparatus.