Patent ID: 7174121

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a toner container having a longitudinal length with first and second longitudinal ends, configured to contain toner, to be driven for rotation by a portion close to the second longitudinal end, and to move the toner in a longitudinal direction of the toner container while the toner container is driven for rotation; an image development mechanism configured to develop an electrostatic latent image into a toner image with the toner contained in the toner container; and a toner container holder configured to hold the toner container, the toner container holder comprising: a base plate configured to form an upper-open space in which the toner container is inserted in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the toner container; a first supporter including a base pillar having a top portion and a bottom portion, mounted by the bottom portion of the base pillar in a traversal edge side of the base plate, and configured to support the first longitudinal end of the toner container; and a second supporter mounted in an opposite traversal edge side of the base plate and configured to support the second longitudinal end of the toner container.