Toner container including a cap with two shoulders and image forming device

摘要

A system with a container including a protrusion, and a receiver to receive the container. The receiver includes a slide block that is movable relative to a body of the receiver, the slide block including two surfaces, a first surface, initially contacted by the protrusion of the container during insertion of the container into the receiver, having a first slope to resist movement of the container towards the receiver, and a second surface, subsequently contacted by the protrusion of the container during the insertion of the container into the receiver, having a second slope to interact with the protrusion of the container to assist movement of the container towards the receiver. This construction provides the user with a changing insertion force to indicate proper mounting of the container.

主权项

1. A toner container for use in a horizontal direction which is a direction parallel to a length of the toner container, the toner container comprising:
a cylindrical main part to deliver toner in the direction parallel to the length of the toner container; and a cap to accommodate a portion of the cylindrical main part therein and including a toner outlet for discharging the toner from an opening of the cylindrical main part downward in a vertical direction outside the toner container, the cap including: a hollow section which is cylindrical in shape and extends along the direction parallel to a length of the cap, and two shoulders at upper portions of an exterior of the cap, each of the shoulders including an upper flat surface and a side flat surface which are substantially perpendicular to each other, wherein: the cap includes a data storage medium disposed at an end of the cap, the cap includes protrusions protruding from opposite sides of the cap, each of the protrusions includes a peak interposed between two slopes extending along the direction parallel to the length of the cap, and the peak of each of the protrusions is disposed between a corresponding one of the shoulder parts and the data storage medium in the direction parallel to the length of the cap.