Patent ID: 7962064

Claim:
A toner container comprising: a hollow cylindrical container body that has a container body opening in one end thereof and stores toner therein; a hollow cylindrical cap that has a cap opening in one end thereof and is rotatably engaged with the container body by the one end of the container body being inserted into the cap opening; and a ring-shaped seal member that is disposed along an outer circumference of the container body opening and forms a seal between the container body and the cap, wherein the cap includes: a pressure-seal portion to which the seal member is to be pressure-sealed, the pressure-seal portion being disposed inside the cap; one or more pressing chips that (i) are respectively formed in different areas of a circumferential wall of the cap and (ii) due to the cap being engaged with the container body, latch with the container body in such a manner that a front edge of each of the pressing chips applies pressure to the container body to cause the seal member to be pressure-sealed to the pressure-seal portion, the front edge of each of the pressing chips being closer to the other end of the cap than any other edge thereof is, and being slidable across the container body in a circumferential direction; and a toner container identification that is formed by denting one part of the circumferential wall of the cap, which is contiguous with a rear edge of one of the pressing chips, in such a manner that (i) an outer surface of the toner container identification radially protrudes further outward than an outer surface of the other part of the circumferential wall of the cap, and (ii) the toner container identification has a predetermined cross-section, the rear edge of the one of the pressing chips being an opposite edge of the front edge thereof, and the toner container identification is integrated with the one of the pressing chips so that, when the toner container identification is removed from the circumferential wall of the cap, the one of the pressing chips is removed as well.