| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner container, a toner supply device and an image forming apparatus which are free of a toner leakage. <P>SOLUTION: A fitting member 101 mounted on a lower-end part of a toner storage body 81 has a cylindrical valve chamber 102. The valve chamber 102 and the inside of the toner storage body 81 are linked to each other by a communication port 104, and toner discharge openings 103 and 103 are provided on both axial sides of the valve chamber 102. An O ring 106 which prevents toner from leaking is arranged right inside the opening 103. A valve body 105 (not illustrated) engaged with the valve chamber 102 is moved along a valve chamber axis to open or close a toner supply path from the communication port 104 to the opening 103. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
