TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the time and effort required for sorting components of a toner container to be discarded.SOLUTION: A movable member 51 provided in a bottom part 37 of a housing 31 falls in a falling position when the amount of toner in the housing 31 is equal to or larger than a pred...

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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the time and effort required for sorting components of a toner container to be discarded.SOLUTION: A movable member 51 provided in a bottom part 37 of a housing 31 falls in a falling position when the amount of toner in the housing 31 is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, or at least a part of the movable member 51 moves from the falling position to a protruding position when the amount of toner in the housing 31 is less than the predetermined amount. When an agitation sheet 42 moves with an engaging part 56 engaged with the movable member 51 located in the protruding position, a base end part of the agitation sheet 42 is separated from a shaft 41.