Toner container and manufacturing method for toner container

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A toner container, comprising:
a container body; a toner outlet through which toner in the container body is discharged in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the toner container; a conveyor to convey the toner within the container body towards the toner outlet; a toner inlet disposed at an end face perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the container body; a memory on the toner container; and a coupling to receive a driving force, the coupling to transmit the driving force to the conveyor, wherein the toner outlet, the toner inlet, and the memory are disposed on a first side in the longitudinal direction of the toner container, and the coupling is disposed on a second side, which is opposite to the first side, in the longitudinal direction of the toner container.