Patent ID: 7835673

Claim:
A method, comprising: lowering a toner container towards an image forming device; rotating a handle of an end of an upper portion of the toner container; opening a shutter of the end of the toner container in response to the rotation of the handle to uncover an opening of the end of the toner container, the rotating of the handle of the end of the toner container rotates the opening of the end of the toner container apparatus relative to the shutter so that the shutter moves relative to the handle and the opening moves with the handle; securing the toner container to the image forming apparatus in response to the rotating of the handle; engaging a gear of the toner container with a gear of the image forming apparatus; and rotating the gear of the image forming apparatus which causes the gear of the toner container to be rotated which causes toner in a body of the toner container to be moved from the body of the toner container into the end of the toner container and subsequently out through the opening of the end of the toner container.