Patent ID: 7853183

Claim:
A toner container comprising: a container body configured to contain toner and that includes an opening for discharging toner used to form images; and a held portion that is attached to the container body and coupleable in a non-rotating manner with a toner-container holder of an image forming apparatus, the held portion including: a toner outlet coupled to the opening of the container body to receive toner from the opening of the container body, and to discharge the toner for forming images by the image forming apparatus, the toner outlet being perpendicular to a length of the container body; a nozzle hole, to receive a nozzle of the image forming apparatus which is parallel to the length of the container body, the nozzle receiving the toner discharged from the toner outlet while the nozzle is in the nozzle hole; a plug which closes the nozzle hole; and a sliding portion that slides on a part of the toner-container holder and is arranged under the nozzle hole, wherein the sliding portion, the plug, and the nozzle hole are arranged such that the sliding portion slides on the part of the toner-container holder, and the nozzle is inserted into the nozzle hole and pushes the plug, when the toner container is being attached to the image forming apparatus.