TONER HOUSING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

Toner housing container includes: container body mountable on toner conveying device and housing toner supplied into toner conveying device; conveying portion provided in container body and conveying toner from longer direction one end of container body to other end at which container opening portion is provided; pipe receiving port provided at container opening portion and receiving conveying pipe fixed to toner conveying device; and uplifting portion to move toner conveyed by conveying portion toward toner receiving port of conveying pipe. Toner has loose apparent density of 0.28 g/cm3 to 0.53 g/cm3. Container body includes protruding portion protruding from container body interior side of container opening portion toward one end. Uplifting portion includes uplifting wall surface extending from internal wall surface of container body toward protruding portion, and curving portion curving to conform to protruding portion. Protruding portion is present between curving portion and toner receiving port of inserted conveying pipe.

主权项

1. A toner housing container, comprising:
a container body mountable on a toner conveying device and housing a toner to be supplied into the toner conveying device; a conveying portion provided in the container body and configured to convey the toner from one end of the container body in a longer direction thereof to the other end thereof at which a container opening portion is provided; a pipe receiving port provided at the container opening portion and capable of receiving a conveying pipe fixed to the toner conveying device; and an uplifting portion configured to uplift the toner conveyed by the conveying portion from a lower side of the container body to an upper side thereof and move the toner toward a toner receiving port of the conveying pipe, wherein the toner has a loose apparent density of from 0.28 g/cm3 to 0.53 g/cm3, wherein the container body comprises a protruding portion protruding from a container body interior side of the container opening portion toward the one end, wherein the uplifting portion comprises an uplifting wall surface extending from an internal wall surface of the container body toward the protruding portion, and a curving portion curving so as to conform to the protruding portion, and wherein the protruding portion is provided such that when the toner housing container is mounted on the toner conveying device, the protruding portion is present between the curving portion and the toner receiving port of the conveying pipe being inserted.