| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner container and its storage body, in which the freedom of the layout in terms of the installation height of the toner container is great without increasing the size of an image forming apparatus main body and limiting the capacity of the toner container, and to provide an image forming apparatus having the toner container and its storage body. <P>SOLUTION: The toner container is freely attachably/detachably set to the image forming apparatus main body having a toner conveyance pipe. The toner container includes: a mouthpiece member 30 having a toner exhaust port 41 engageable with the toner conveyance pipe; the toner storage body 21 having a toner discharge opening 27 communicating with the toner exhaust port 41. The toner discharge opening 27 is formed so as to be open in a direction different from the direction in which the toner exhaust port 41 is open. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
