Patent ID: 7706699

Claim:
A toner container for detachably attaching to a toner-container holder of an image forming apparatus, the toner container comprising: a longitudinal container body for containing toner, the container body having a first end and a second end distal to the first end in a length direction of the container body, the first end including an opening; an end attached to the first end of the container body and configured to be detachably attached to the toner-container holder, the end including a toner outlet for discharging the toner from the container body, the end including: a first cylindrical portion; and a second cylindrical portion which has a smaller diameter than a diameter of the first cylindrical portion, the first and second cylindrical portions having a common central axis; and an electric component, attached to the second cylindrical portion, that electrically communicates with a component in the image forming apparatus to detect whether the toner container is operatively set in the toner-container holder, the electric component being attached to the end such that when the end is attached to the toner-container holder, the electric component is located above the toner outlet with respect to a vertical direction.