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.
Claims16
A toner container comprising:
- a toner container main body including a predetermined width and including an upper case and a lower case and in which toner is accommodated, wherein the upper case comprises a first curvature portion formed on one side in a width direction of the toner container main body and bent at a first curvature, and a second curvature portion facing the first curvature portion along the width direction and bent at a second curvature, wherein the second curvature is larger than the first curvature;
- a mixer configured to stir the toner in the toner container main body, the mixer including a shaft, the shaft substantially coinciding with a center of the first curvature of the first curvature portion;
- a discharge port formed on the lower case through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, the discharge port below a lower end of the first curvature portion;
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- a screw in the toner container main body to convey the toner to the discharge port, the screw below the lower end.
A toner container comprising:
- a toner container main body including an upper case and a lower case and in which toner is accommodated, wherein the upper case comprises a first curvature portion formed on one side in a width direction of the toner container main body and bent at a first curvature, a second curvature portion facing the first curvature portion along the width direction and bent at a second curvature and a turn-up portion risen from a lower end of the first curvature portion, wherein the second curvature is larger than the first curvature;
- a mixer configured to stir the toner, the mixer including a shaft, the shaft substantially coinciding with a center of the first curvature;
- a discharge port formed on the lower case through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body;
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- a screw in the toner container main body to convey the toner to the discharge port, the screw below the first curvature portion.
A toner container comprising:
- a toner container main body comprising a first curvature portion formed on one side in a width direction of the toner container main body and bent at a first curvature, a second curvature portion facing the first curvature portion along the width direction and bent at a second curvature and a turn-up portion risen from a lower end of the first curvature portion, wherein the second curvature is larger than the first curvature;
- a mixer configured to rotate inside the toner container main body, the mixer including a rotation center, the rotation center substantially coinciding with a center of the first curvature;
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- a screw in the toner container main body, the screw below the lower end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.