US 11,852,993 B1
Toner container and image forming apparatus
Kento Terashima, Kanagawa (JP); Kiyoshi Sako, Kanagawa (JP); Keiji Sanekata, Kanagawa (JP); Chihiro Hagiwara, Kanagawa (JP); and Masayuki Shimoda, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/984,329.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-096076 (JP), filed on Jun. 14, 2022.
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0898 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0887 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toner container, comprising:
a container that accommodates toner and transports, by rotating, the toner to an opening disposed at a first end portion in a direction of a rotation axis;
a support portion that covers a periphery of the container near the first end portion, and supports the container to be rotatable in a circumferential direction, the support portion being attached to an image forming apparatus body and having a sealant interposed between the support portion and the container; and
a fixing portion that fixes the container and the support portion to each other while the sealant is compressed when the support portion is rotated relative to the container in a first circumferential direction.