TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING THE SAME
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1. A toner cartridge in a bottle shape for storing toner, comprising:
- a cylindrical developer storage portion having a blocked bottom wall at one end and an opening for ejecting toner at the other end;
a circular groove portion formed on the opening side from a center of the developer storage portion in a longitudinal direction;
a bottle cap to close the opening;
a flange portion connected to the bottle cap; and
a projection portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the flange portion having different formation according to a kind of the toner cartridge.
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Abstract
A toner cartridge in a bottle shape for storing toner is composed of a first cylindrical portion having a blocked bottom wall at one end and an opening at the other end and a second cylindrical portion in which one end thereof is connected to the opening, and an opening for ejecting toner is formed at the other end, and the outside diameter thereof is smaller than the first cylindrical portion.
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1. A toner cartridge in a bottle shape for storing toner, comprising:
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a cylindrical developer storage portion having a blocked bottom wall at one end and an opening for ejecting toner at the other end; a circular groove portion formed on the opening side from a center of the developer storage portion in a longitudinal direction; a bottle cap to close the opening; a flange portion connected to the bottle cap; and a projection portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the flange portion having different formation according to a kind of the toner cartridge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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a main body having an opening and an image forming stage internally provided; a cover provided on the main body so as to open or close the opening; a projection plate provided on at least either of the main body and the cover; and a toner cartridge to be mounted in the main body when the cover is opened, wherein the toner cartridge includes; a cylindrical developer storage portion having a blocked bottom wall at one end and an opening for ejecting toner at the other end; a circular groove portion formed on the opening side from a center of the developer storage portion in a longitudinal direction; a bottle cap to close the opening, the bottle cap being joined to a driver provided in the main body of the image forming apparatus and being connected to the other end so as to rotate the developer storage portion; a flange portion connected to the bottle cap; and a projection portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the flange portion having different formation according to a kind of the toner cartridge. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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