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 a standing inhibiting unit. The container body has a first end and a second end distal to the first end in length direction of the container body. The held portion is attached to the first end and has a toner outlet for discharging the toner contained in the container body. The held portion is held by the toner-container holder. The standing inhibiting unit is provided in the held portion and inhibits the toner container from being stood on a horizontal plane with the held portion directed vertically downward with respect to the container body.
Ricoh Co., Ltd.
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Takeroh Takashi Fumie Goro Teruo Hideo Masashi Nobuyuki Seiji Masayuki Takayuki
Kurenuma Hisazumi Satoh Katsuyama Hitosugi Yoshizawa Hasegawa Taguchi Terazawa Yamane Tamaki