Toner agitator support

A toner container for use in an electrophotographic image forming device, comprising:

• a housing having a reservoir for storing toner;
• a rotatable developer roll mounted on the housing for transferring toner from an outer surface of the developer roll to a corresponding photoconductive drum during operation of the toner container in the image forming device;
• a doctor blade having a distal end in contact with the outer surface of the developer roll along a length of the developer roll for metering toner on the outer surface of the developer roll, the doctor blade has a proximate end positioned against a portion of the housing;
• a toner agitator in the reservoir having a shaft;
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• a support in the reservoir positioned in close proximity to the shaft to limit bending of the shaft, a first end of the support contacts an inner surface of the portion of the housing that the proximate end of the doctor blade is positioned against, the support is formed integrally with the portion of the housing that the proximate end of the doctor blade is positioned against.

A toner container for use in an electrophotographic image forming device, comprising:

• a housing having a reservoir for storing toner;
• a rotatable developer roll mounted on the housing for transferring toner from an outer surface of the developer roll to a corresponding photoconductive drum during operation of the toner container in the image forming device;
• a rotatable toner adder roll mounted on the housing and positioned to supply toner in the reservoir to the developer roll;
• a rotatable toner agitator in the reservoir having a shaft, the toner agitator is positioned to mix toner near the toner adder roll;
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• a support in the reservoir positioned in close proximity to the shaft to limit bending of the shaft, the support contacts an inner surface of the housing that defines a volume of the reservoir, the support is formed integrally with a portion of the housing.