Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Toner container including a container body with a gripper at the end thereof, and associated method
A toner container includes a longitudinal container body and a held portion. The longitudinal container body has a first end and second end distal to the first end in a length direction of the container body and a gripper attached to the second end. The held portion is attached to the first end of the container body and is configured to be detachably attached to the toner-container holder. The held portion includes a toner outlet for discharging the toner contained in the container body, and an open/close member for opening/closing the toner outlet in synchronization with an attachment/detachment operation to/from the toner-container holder.
Ricoh Co., Ltd.
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Takeroh Seiji Takashi Nobuyuki Fumie Hideo Teruo Goro Takayuki Masashi Masayuki
Kurenuma Terazawa Hisazumi Taguchi Satoh Yoshizawa Hitosugi Katsuyama Tamaki Hasegawa Yamane