Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Toner container and image forming apparatus
A toner container includes a longitudinal container body, a held portion, and an electric component. The longitudinal container body has a first end and a second end distal to the first end in a length direction of the container body. The held portion is attached to the first end of the container body and configured to be detachably attached to the toner-container holder. The held portion includes a toner outlet for discharging the toner. The electric component electrically communicates with a component in the main body to detect whether the toner container is operatively set in the toner-container holder. The electric component is attached to the held portion such that when the held portion is attached to the toner-container holder the electric component is located above the toner outlet with respect to a vertical direction.
Ricoh Co., Ltd.
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Fumie Nobuyuki Teruo Seiji Takeroh Goro Masashi Takayuki Takashi Hideo Masayuki
Satoh Taguchi Hitosugi Terazawa Kurenuma Katsuyama Hasegawa Tamaki Hisazumi Yoshizawa Yamane