TONER CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner container capable of avoiding a defect in sealing, toner fixing, etc., by improving sealing property of a bearing part of a rotary member provided in the toner container. SOLUTION: The toner container comprises a container body 21 storing toner and a conveying screw 22 as a rotating means disposed in the container body 21 and having a rotating shaft 23 extended penetrating a wall surface of the container body to the outside, and a sealing member 25 sealing the bearing part 24 as a slide part where the rotating shaft 23 of the conveying screw 22 slides on the wall surface of the container body 21 is provided on an external surface of the wall surface of the container body 21. Further, the toner may be a waste toner collected by a cleaning device and the container body may be a waste toner recovery container which stores the waste toner. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT