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US 2020/0401064 A1Published application
Toner container
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTsutomu SATO
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a toner container comprises a toner container body in which toner is stored, a cover portion configured to cover the toner container body, and a projection. The projection is provided in the vicinity of a rear end portion in a longitudinal direction of the cover portion or a longitudinal direction of the toner container body, and projecting toward a rear side of the toner container.
Claims13
A toner container comprising:
- a toner container body in which toner is stored;
- a toner discharge port for discharging the toner;
- a cover portion configured to cover the toner container body;
- a projection at one in a longitudinal direction of the cover portion;
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- a first rib and a second rib extending in the longitudinal direction on a left side and a right side, in a width direction, of the cover portion, respectively,
- the cover portion comprising:
- a first inclined surface extending in the longitudinal direction and inclined from the first rib to a vicinity of a center of the top surface in the width direction, and
- a second inclined surface extending in the longitudinal direction and inclined from the first rib to a vicinity of a center of the top surface in the width direction, the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface projecting outward from the first rib and the second rib,
- the toner discharge port being parallel to the first inclined surface.
7 more elements
An image forming device in which a toner container can be inserted in a predetermined direction, the toner container comprising:
- a toner container body in which toner is stored;
- a toner discharge port for discharging the toner;
- a cover portion configured to cover the toner container body;
- a projection at one in a longitudinal direction of the cover portion;
- and
- a first rib and a second rib extending in the longitudinal direction on a left side and a right side, in a width direction, of the cover portion, respectively,
- the cover portion comprising:
- a first inclined surface extending in the longitudinal direction and inclined from the first rib to a vicinity of a center of the top surface in the width direction, and
- a second inclined surface extending in the longitudinal direction and inclined from the first rib to a vicinity of a center of the top surface in the width direction, the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface projecting outward from the first rib and the second rib,
- the toner discharge port being parallel to the first inclined surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.