| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably secure facility in the handling of a used toner container by a user and to stably secure storing performance at the storing time or at the transporting time. <P>SOLUTION: The toner container 30 is formed of a soft material and a guide member 34 is attached to its outer circumferential face. This guide member is formed of a material having higher rigidity than the toner container and has folds 34a on both side surfaces. Thus, when the container is deformed because of the reduction of volume, the fold 34a part of the guide member 34 pushes the fold of the container, and also, the inner wall surface of the guide member uniformly pushes the plane part of the container. Namely, the deformation of the container is assisted by the guide member, and the container after the reduction of the volume is folded in complete sheet shape. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI |
