TONER CONTAINER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR TONER CONTAINER
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Abstract
A toner container includes a cylindrical container body, having a first opening in a first end thereof and a notch in a circumferential surface thereof continuous with the first opening in the first end, a flange member to engage the first opening and the notch in the container body and having a toner outlet therein through which toner in the container body is discharged, a shutter member disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the container body, a conveyance member, rotatably installed inside the container body to convey the toner from a second end of the container body opposite the first end to the toner outlet in the flange member, and a recessed portion in the container body that projects inward into the interior of the toner container 5 mm or less from an inner surface of the container body.
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16 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A toner container, for use with an image forming apparatus, the toner container comprising:
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a cylindrical container body; a toner outlet at end of the toner container through which toner in the container body is discharged in a radial direction of the toner container; a shutter to open and close the toner outlet during installation and removal of the toner container in the image forming apparatus; and a conveyor, rotatably disposed inside the container body and extending along a length of the container body, to convey the toner within the container body towards the toner outlet. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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