| 摘要 |
<p>A toner container for supplying toner to an image forming apparatus having a container mounting portion (2) for receivably mounting said container with a discharge opening (6) of said container facing downwardly toward a toner receiving opening formed in a mounting surface (10) of said container mounting portion (2), and a toner accommodating portion (1) into which the toner receiving opening of the container mounting portion (2) leads, the container mounting portion further comprising dismounting preventing means (22) engageable with the toner container (3) and wherein said toner container (3) is mountable on said container mounting portion (2) so as to be rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the mounting surface (18) between a mounting position for mounting and dismounting said toner container and a toner supply position for supplying toner to said toner accommodating portion (1); said toner container (3) including a container body (4) for containing toner, and engaging means (23) which becomes engaged with said dismounting preventing means (22) of said mounting portion (2) when said toner container is rotated from the mounting position to the toner supply position to prevent dismounting of said toner container; characterised in that at a mounting region adjacent the toner discharge opening (6) the toner container is generally rectangular when viewed in a direction parallel to said axis.</p> |
