公开(公告)号：US20040022559A1

公开(公告)日：2004-02-05

申请号：US10644159

申请日：2003-08-20

申请人： Ricoh Company, Ltd.

发明人： Tetsuya Kusano ,  Seiji Terazawa ,  Kotaro Koide ,  Masashi Hasegawa

IPC分类号： G03G015/08

CPC分类号： G03G15/0872 ,  B29B2911/14606 ,  B29B2911/14626 ,  B29B2911/14633 ,  B29B2911/1466 ,  B29B2911/14686 ,  B29B2911/14753 ,  G03G15/0855 ,  G03G15/0865 ,  G03G2215/0668 ,  Y10S222/01

摘要： A hollow, cylindrical toner bottle of the present invention discharges toner stored therein when mounted to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus in a substantially horizontal position and then rotated about its axis. The toner bottle is made up of a mouth including a toner outlet and a cylindrical wall, and a body including a circumferential wall and a bottom. The mouth is formed by injection molding. The outer circumference of the toner outlet has circularity of 0.7 mm or below.