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Toner container and image forming apparatus in which the toner container has protrusions which interact with the image forming apparatus

  • US 9,329,529 B2
  • Filed: 07/23/2015
  • Issued: 05/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A toner container for use with an image forming apparatus by orienting a length of the toner container in a horizontal direction, the toner container comprising:

  • a cylindrical main part including an opening at one end of a length of the cylindrical main part; and

    a cap which accommodates the opening of the cylindrical main part therein and includes a toner outlet for discharging toner from the opening of the main part downward in a vertical direction outside the toner container, wherein;

    the main part is held by the cap to be rotatable,the cap includesa cap seal facing a circumference of the opening of the main part to seal a clearance between the cap seal and the main part, andfirst protrusions protruding in a direction to resist an attaching force when the cap part is attached to a body of the image forming apparatus, the first protrusions protruding from a peripheral surface of the cap and disposed at an end of a length of the cap,wherein the cap seal is disposed between the main part and the first protrusions.

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