Patent ID: 7606519

Claim:
A toner container, comprising: a cylindrical container to be filled with toner and having a toner discharge port for discharging toner from an interior of the container; and a toner container supporting structure, which supports the container in a rotatable manner by enclosing the toner discharge port and that has a toner feed port for feeding the toner discharged from the toner discharge port to the outside, the container being rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical container so as to discharge toner stored in the container to the outside of the container, wherein a first recess in an outer wall the cylindrical container that is indented into the interior of the container forms a first toner pool for temporarily holding toner discharged from the toner discharge port, the first recess extending alone the outer wall from the toner discharge port in an upstream direction with respect to the rotational direction of the container wherein a second recess in the outer wall of the cylindrical container forms a second toner pool for temporarily holding toner discharged from the toner discharge port, and wherein the first toner pool opens into the second toner pool such that toner can move directly from the first toner pool into the second toner pool.