| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner bottle that ensures high operability and workability at the time of replacement, is free from a toner leak during aging even when its capacity is increased, and to provide an image forming apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: The toner bottle 32Y includes: a bottle main body 33Y that is rotatable and conveys toner accommodated inside toward an opening A linked with the rotation; and a case 34Y that communicates with the bottle main body 33Y via the opening A, discharges the toner emitted through the opening A from a toner discharging opening B, and is held in a bottle storage part without being linked with the rotation of the bottle main body 33Y. The toner bottle 32Y further includes: a sealing member 37 that seals a gap between opposite faces 33a and 34a1 of the bottle main body 33y and case 34Y respectively around the opening A; and a restricting part 34a1 that restricts vibration in the direction of the diameter of the opening A together with the sealing member 37. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |
