| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reliable toner supply container which is installed in an electrophotographic device body and supplies toner to the device body. <P>SOLUTION: The toner supply container has a toner storage chamber which is held by the device body so as not to rotate and stores toner, and a stirring member which is disposed in the toner storage chamber and stirs toner. The toner supply container also has a toner carrying chamber, smaller than the toner storage chamber, which is disposed below the toner storage chamber and along the length of the toner storage chamber and has a toner supply opening portion at a leading end which extends out from the toner storage chamber. The toner supply container further has a toner carrying member which is disposed in the toner carrying chamber and carries toner toward the toner supply opening. In addition, the toner supply container has a sealing part which is disposed at the leading end of the toner supply opening portion in the direction in which the toner supply opening portion extends out and which seals the toner supply opening portion. Furthermore, the toner supply container has a driving force receiving part that receives driving force from the device body while kept attached to the device body. The toner supply container additionally has a sealing member provided so as to freely rotate integrally with the toner carrying member. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO |
