Toner container
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabuhsiki 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.
Claims16
A toner container, comprising:
- a toner container main body having a predetermined length and including an upper case and a lower case in which toner is accommodated;
- a discharge port formed on one side of the lower case in an elongated direction of the toner container main body;
- a screw provided in the toner container main body to convey the toner to the discharge port;
- a first rib formed extending around a periphery of the upper case;
- a second rib formed extending around a periphery of the lower case, the first rib and the second rib facing with each other;
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- a handle formed upwardly projected from the extending direction of the first rib.
A toner container, comprising:
- toner accommodating means having a predetermined length and including an upper case and a lower case in which toner is accommodated, the lower case having a discharge port on one side in an elongated direction, and the discharge port discharging the toner from the toner accommodating means;
- conveying means provided in the toner accommodating means to convey the toner to the discharge port;
- a first rib formed extending around a periphery of the upper case;
- a second rib formed extending around a periphery of the lower case, the first rib and the second rib facing with each other;
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- pull out means formed upwardly projected from the extending direction of the first rib.
An image forming apparatus comprising a toner container and an image forming apparatus main body in which the toner container is installed, the toner container comprising:
- a toner container main body having a predetermined length and including an upper case and a lower case in which toner is accommodated;
- a discharge port formed on one side of the lower case in an elongated direction of the toner container main body;
- a screw provided in the toner container main body to convey the toner to the discharge port;
- a first rib formed extending around a periphery of the upper case;
- a second rib formed extending around a periphery of the lower case, the first rib and the second rib facing with each other;
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- a handle formed upwardly projected from the extending direction of the first rib.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.