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US 2014/0227009 A1Published application
Toner container
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHisashi KIMURA, Takafumi AMANO
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Abstract
A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a handle provided on the toner container main body, and a pressed portion provided on the toner container main body and which is pressed by the image forming apparatus to project the handle out from the image forming apparatus.
Claims1
A toner container comprising:
- a toner container main body including a upper portion and a lower portion in which toner is accommodated;
- a discharge port formed on the lower portion;
- a screw in the toner container main body to convey the toner to the discharge port;
- a first join part formed extending around a periphery of the upper portion;
- a second join part formed extending around a periphery of the lower portion, the first join part and the second join part facing with each other;
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- a handle formed upwardly projected from upper portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.