Patent ID: 8655202

Claim:
A toner container comprising: a toner accommodating portion: a rotatable stirring member provided in said toner accommodating portion to stir the toner; a sensor provided on an inner surface of said toner accommodating portion to detect a remaining amount of the toner accommodated in said toner accommodating portion; wherein said sensor includes a first flexible sheet portion provided at a position opposing said stirring member; a second sheet portion provided between an inner surface of said toner accommodating portion and said first sheet portion with a gap from said first sheet portion; a first opening provided in said second sheet portion so as to be in communication with a space surrounded by said first sheet portion and said second sheet portion; a first electroconductive portion provided on a surface of said first sheet portion opposing said second sheet portion; and a second electroconductive portion provided on a surface of said second sheet portion opposing said first sheet portion, wherein said first sheet portion flexes by a stirring operation of said stirring member, and said first electroconductive portion is contacted to said second electroconductive portion, by which said remaining toner amount is detectable, and wherein said toner accommodating portion is provided with a second opening for communicating said first opening and an outside of said toner accommodating portion with each other.