Patent ID: 8290378

Claim:
A toner container for holding toner, comprising: a toner outlet at a circumferential surface of the toner container and configured to discharge the toner; a shutter configured to open and close the toner outlet; and a radio frequency identification circuit configured to execute communications between the toner container and a main body of an image forming apparatus, wherein the toner outlet and the radio frequency identification circuit are on a line parallel to a central line of the toner container, the central line being parallel to a length of the toner container and being at a center of the toner container, and wherein a distance of the radio frequency identification circuit from the center line is shorter than a distance of a maximum protruding portion of the toner outlet from the center line, the toner container further comprising a guide rib on the circumferential surface having a length parallel to the length of a cylindrical main body and configured to guide the toner container while being inserted into a toner container storing section of the main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein the guide rib is disposed on an opposite side of toner container as the toner outlet, relative to a plane of a handle which divides the toner container.