TONER STORAGE CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TONER STORAGE CONTAINER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner storage container in which toner is used up as much as possible without leaving toner, and a shutter provided at an opening for supplying the toner is easily opened/shut, and to provide a developing device, a color image forming apparatus and a method for manufacturing the toner storage container.

SOLUTION: The toner storage container 50 is used in the color image forming apparatus with a plurality of developing units and forming a toner image by rotating the respective developing units and moving them to predetermined developing areas. A container body 51 has such a cross-sectional shape that the upper part protrudes to the side further than the lower part on the rotational plane of the developing unit when it exists in the predetermined developing area, and a first opening 51a for supplying the toner to the developing unit is formed at the protrusion. At least part of a first shutter 52 is housed in the protrusion of the container body 51, and opens/shuts the first opening 51a.

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