Abstract: A powder container that is detachably installed in a container housing unit of an image forming apparatus includes a container body including an opening located at a head of the container body, and an engaging part located at a bottom of the container body, the engaging part being engaged with an engagement receiving part of the container housing unit; a drive transferring member that rotates integrally with the container body; and a lid including a discharge outlet that further discharges powder discharged from the opening of the container body, and a shutter that opens and closes the discharge outlet. A position of the powder container in the container housing unit is determined by engaging the engaging part with the engagement receiving part, and operating the lid such that the shutter opens the discharge outlet.

Abstract: A toner container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, includes a main body for containing toner; a sealing portion for sealing the toner discharge opening; locking projections for snap fitting engagement with holes provided in a cylindrical member of an image forming apparatus, wherein the projections receive from the cylindrical member unsealing forces for unsealing the toner discharge opening by a relative movement between the sealing portion and the toner container, wherein a number of the locking projections is larger than a number of ribs provided between the holes of the cylindrical member.

Abstract: If a user is not familiar with the operation for a developer supply container, the rotating operation for the developer supply container may be insufficient, so that developer supply container does not reach a predetermined operating position, with the result of abnormal developer supply. By increasing a rotation load of a second gear which is in an operable connection with a drive gear member of the developer receiving apparatus by a function of a locking member, the developer supply container mounted to the developer receiving apparatus is rotated toward the supply position. After the developer supply container rotates to the supply position, the locking by the locking member is released, by which the rotation load applied to the second gear is reduced, so that drive transmission, thereafter, to the feeding member for developer supply is smooth.

Abstract: A method for sealing an opening formed in a cover film welded to a fluid retainer at a position corresponding to a covered area of an ink inlet hole. A sealing member, which seals the opening, is a laminated film including a first film and a second film. The method includes preparing the laminated film, placing the laminated film on the fluid container with the first film facing the fluid container in such a manner that the laminated film covers the opening, and sealing the opening with the laminated film by heating the sealing member covering the opening from the side corresponding to the second film to melt the first film.

Abstract: A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The main assembly includes first and second transmitters, a cartridge positioner, a movable member, and a lock. The cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a drum coupler transmitting a first driving force to the drum of the mounted cartridge and a shaft coupler, transmitting a second driving force from the second transmitter with a deviation permitted between axes of the second transmitter and the roller. The shaft coupler includes an engager engaging the second transmitter and receiving the second driving force for the mounted cartridge. When the cartridge is moved by the movable member, the engager is positioned to the lock and the distance between the engager and roller axes is smaller when the cartridge is positioned to the positioner than when the engager is positioned by a cartridge holding portion.

Abstract: A toner cartridge has a control board mounted therein and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus using the same. The toner cartridge includes a toner tube having a mounting part on which a control board is mounted, a control board cover for covering the mounting part to mount the control board therein, and a sealing cover for sealing the toner tube.

Abstract: A developer storing container includes: a first storing member including a first storing portion for storing a supplied developer; a second storing member including a second storing portion for storing a collected developer; and a partition member that connects the first storing portion and the second storing member so as to sandwich the partition member therebetween, and that separates the first and second storing portions from each other.

Abstract: The toner supply unit is provided with a preventing unit for preventing toner contamination due to toner leakage from that sealing valve. A mouth ring of the toner container is provided with the sealing valve. This valve is opened/closed by removing/inserting a nozzle.

Abstract: A toner supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, includes a rotatable toner containing portion for containing toner having a toner discharging portion projected from one end thereof, with respect to a direction of a rotational axis, of the toner containing portion, the toner discharging portion having a cross-sectional area, which is smaller than that of the toner containing portion, and having an opening, and which is formed in a peripheral portion thereof, for permitting discharging of the toner; and a coupling member provided on the end of the toner discharging portion, including a coupling engagement portion engageable with a hole formed in a peripheral portion of a cylindrical member provided in the image forming apparatus to receive a rotational driving force for discharging the toner from the cylindrical member, wherein the coupling engagement portion includes a rotational force receiving projection having a side for receiving the rotational driving force from a coupling rib

Abstract: A toner supply container is detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus. The container includes a toner accommodating portion to accommodate toner and has a supply opening to supply toner into the image forming apparatus, a feeding member to feed the toner in the toner accommodating portion toward the supply opening, and a sealing member to seal the supply opening. The sealing member has a locking portion to be locked by a locking member provided in a main assembly of the apparatus, and a coupling portion to be coupled with a drive coupling member provided in the main assembly. The sealing member is rotatable integrally with the feeding member by a rotational force received by the coupling portion from the drive coupling member. The locking portion and the coupling portion are spaced apart from each other with respect to a mounting direction of the container.

Abstract: A toner container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, includes a main body for containing toner; a sealing portion for sealing the toner discharge opening; locking projections for snap fitting engagement with holes provided in a cylindrical member of an image forming apparatus, wherein the projections receive from the cylindrical member unsealing forces for unsealing the toner discharge opening by a relative movement between the sealing portion and the toner container, wherein a number of the locking projections is larger than a number of ribs provided between the holes of the cylindrical member.

Abstract: A sealing member for sealing a toner discharge opening of a toner accommodating container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, the sealing member includes a locking portion for being locked with a portion to be locked provided in the image forming apparatus, the locking portion being adapted to displace with a relative closing movement relative to the portion to be locked, wherein the toner discharging opening is brought into an open state from a closed state by relative to movement of the sealing member relative to the toner accommodating container with the locking portion being in engagement with the portion to be locked; and a releasing force receiving portion for receiving from the image forming apparatus a releasing force for releasing engagement between the locking portion and the portion to be locked by displacing the locking portion.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a process unit, a toner containing portion, and a trapping member. The toner containing portion is arranged in relation to the process unit and connected to the process unit so as to define a toner transporting mechanism. The toner transporting mechanism includes a toner receiving/supplying portion having a toner receiving port and a toner supplying port such that the toner receiving port and the toner supplying port can be removably connected to each other. The trapping member is attached to a surface of a portion adjacent to the toner receiving/supplying portion and traps leaked toner.

Abstract: A developer material container includes a holding body, a shutter member movably, an operation member, and coupling member. The holding body holds developer therein and includes a developer outlet. The shutter member movably is assembled to the holding body. The shutter member is movable either to an opening position where the shutter member opens the developer outlet or to a closing position where the shutter member closes the developer outlet. The operation member is operated to move the shutter to either the opening position or to the closing position. Depending on the orientation of the discharging opening, an enabling-and-disabling member allows or does not allow the operation member to move the shutter relative to the holding body.

Abstract: A seal assembly for use in an imaging cartridge includes a gasket having first and second sides, a removable handle attached to an end of the gasket, a removable seal having a first side adhered to the first side of the gasket by an adhesive, a seal tail attached to an end of the removable seal, a release liner having a first side adhered to the second side of the gasket by an adhesive, and a release liner tail attached to an end of the release liner and adapted to be folded back over the release liner.

Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image that includes a crystalline polyester resin and a release agent, wherein structures in which the crystalline polyester resin contacts the release agent exist in a ruthenium-stained cross section of the toner, and if the cross-sectional area of these structures is labeled A, the cross-sectional area of lone portions of the release agent is labeled B, and the cross-sectional area of lone portions of the crystalline polyester resin is labeled C, then 40?100×A/(A+B+C)?70, 10?100×B/(A+B+C)?30, and 20?100×C/(A+B+C)?30.

Abstract: A toner supplying apparatus having a sealing member. The toner supplying apparatus includes a toner tank to hold toner, the toner tank having a toner supplying hole to discharge the toner, a slide shutter disposed inside the toner tank so as to close the toner supplying hole, the slide shutter allowing the toner supplying hole to be opened when the toner tank is mounted in an image forming apparatus, and a sealing member disposed on an outer circumference of the slide shutter to prevent the toner from leaking out through a gap between the slide shutter and the toner tank.

Abstract: The present invention provides a storage device that enables identification data to be readily rewritten and ensures normal completion of a data writing operation in a short time period. In the storage device of the invention, an ID comparator determines whether or not identification data transmitted from a host computer coincides with identification data stored in a memory array. In the case of coincidence, the ID comparator sends an access enable signal EN to an operation code decoder. The operation code decoder analyzes a write/read command, switches over a direction of data transfer with regard to the memory array based on a result of the analysis, and requires an I/O controller to change a high impedance setting of a signal line connecting with a data terminal DT. This series of processing allows access to an address in the memory array specified by a count on an address counter.

Abstract: A toner container that is removably attached to a toner feed device for feeding toner to a developing unit provided for an image forming apparatus, includes: a container body filled with toner; and a supporting structure, which supports the container body in a rotatable manner by enclosing the outer peripheral surface along the rotational direction of the container body so as to include the area where a toner feed recess is formed, and has a toner feed aperture for feeding the toner discharged from a toner discharge aperture of the container body into the toner feed recess, to the outside. The supporting structure includes a shutter opening and closing mechanism having a shutter element that is movable along a fixed direction to open and close the toner feed aperture. This shutter opening and closing mechanism in the supporting structure is formed with an anti-slide portion for restraining the movement of the shutter element before the toner container is mounted to the toner feed device.

Abstract: A toner container that is removably attached to a toner feed device for feeding toner to a developing unit provided for an image forming apparatus, includes: a container body filled with toner; a supporting structure which supports the container body in a rotatable manner and has a toner feed aperture for feeding the toner from the container body to the outside.

Abstract: A developing unit to develop an image by supplying a developer to a photosensitive medium on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, the developing unit includes a container containing a developer and barriers to partition a portion from other portions of an inside of the container, and a space defined by the barrier is not filled with the developer. Also, an electrophotographic image forming apparatus equipped with a photosensitive medium, on which an electrostatic latent image is formed on an outer surface of the photosensitive medium by light scanning, and a developing unit to develop an image by supplying a developer to the photosensitive medium, the apparatus includes the developing unit as described above.

Abstract: A lid to selectively plug or unplug a discharge mouth of a toner container mountable to an image forming apparatus for replenishing a toner. In one embodiment, a lid has a body member having a bottom portion with an opening, a lug member having a body portion having a first end portion, and a base member having an opening. The body portion of the lug member is sized to be received into the opening of the bottom portion of the body member and into the opening of the base member to engage the body member with the base member. The body portion of the lug member is received into the opening of the bottom portion of the body member and into the opening of the base member, the first end portion of the body portion of the lug member snaggingly fits through the opening of the base member.

Abstract: A toner container which is mountable and removable at a main body of an image forming apparatus, the toner container comprising: at least one toner filling port provided in a casing body of the toner container; and a sealing member which covers the toner filling port and a predetermined range of surroundings of the toner filling port, from an outer side of the casing body, for sealing toner inside the casing body, is provided.

Abstract: A material supplying container comprises: a plurality of containers each of which contains a material; a plurality of supply openings respectively formed correspondingly to said plurality of containers; and a plurality of seal members that respectively close said supply openings, wherein said plurality of supply openings can be opened by simultaneously operating said plurality of seal members.

Abstract: A toner replenishing device includes a toner conveyance path for connecting a toner storing device with a developing device, a toner conveying device for conveying the toner from the toner storing device to the developing device along the toner conveyance path, and an air supplying device connected to the toner conveyance path vie an air supply path for supplying the toner storing device with air from a bottom of the toner storing device so as to agitate the toner pooling in the toner storing device.

Abstract: A sealing member for an image forming device as well as an apparatus and method of locating components within a printing device. The image forming device may include laser printers, ink-jet printers, copiers, faxes, all-in-one devices or multifunctional devices.

Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, to which a cartridge is detachably mountable. The cartridge includes portion for accommodating a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a roller for developing the electrostatic latent image with the developer, an opening for supplying the developer to the developing roller from the developer accommodating portion, and a sealing member for unsealably sealing the developer supply opening. The apparatus includes a detector for detecting that amount of the developer deposited on a member to be detected is less than a predetermined level, a retractor for producing an electric signal for retracting the sealing member from a sealing position where the sealing member seals the developer supply opening, when the detector detects that amount of the developer deposited on the member to be detected is less than the predetermined level.

Abstract: A toner bottle that is composed of a main body filled with toner and a bottle-side toner discharges port for discharging toner from the main body is adapted to discharge the toner in the main body out of the container whilst the toner bottle is being rotated in the toner bottle's peripheral direction. The toner bottle has a sealing element that seals the bottle-side toner discharge port. This sealing element is formed of a flexible member, and is peeled off the main body of the toner bottle as the toner bottle is rotated so as to open the bottle-side toner discharge port.

Abstract: A toner cartridge includes a housing, which has a receiving portion, a tubular portion, a first accommodating chamber defined in the tubular portion, a second accommodating chamber defined in the receiving portion in communication with the first accommodating chamber, and an outlet formed in the tubular portion in communication with the first accommodating chamber and the outside of the housing, an inner tube, which is rotatably mounted in the first accommodating chamber of the housing and which has plate portions and a slot communicatable with the outlet, and a seal, which is fixedly provided at an outer side of the inner tube and attachable to an inner surface of the tubular portion to prevent leakage of toner and which has a slot in communication with the slot of the inner tube.

Abstract: A developing unit detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes a developing member for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a developer accommodating portion accommodating developer to be used by the developing member and having a supply opening for supplying the developer to the developing member, a mover sealing member movable between supply-opening sealing and unsealing positions, a mover for moving the sealing member from the sealing to the unsealing position by receiving a driving force transmitted from the main assembly, and a memory for storing sealing information indicative of a sealed state of the supply opening. When the main assembly detects the sealing information upon mounting of the developing unit, the driving force is transmitted to the mover to move the sealing member from the sealing to the unsealing position, and then, the memory stores the unsealing information.

Abstract: A remanufactured toner cartridge comprising a toner hopper, a developer roller housing, end caps holding the waste bin and developer roller in a fixed position with respect to each other, and a seal assembly.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: an image forming apparatus main unit; an image carrier provided in the image forming apparatus main unit; at least one developing device supported retractable from the image carrier; and a developer supply portion adapted to supply developer to the developing device, wherein: a developer inlet port provided in the developing device is slidably joined with a developer supply port provided in the developer supply portion; a seal portion is provided between the developer inlet port and the developer supply port; the seal portion includes a seal portion body made of an elastic material, a sliding portion provided on at least one of surfaces of the seal portion body, and a drawing-out portion connected to the seal portion body and to the sliding portion; and the seal portion is enabled to be drawn out by using the drawing-out portion.

Abstract: A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes a frame; an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the drum; a developer accommodating portion for accommodating a developer for developing the latent image; a developer supply opening for supplying the developer from the accommodating portion to the developing device; a for unsealably sealing the opening; a grip member for being gripped when the sealing member is pulled to unseal the opening; and a grip member mounting portion separably mounted on the frame. The grip member has a stopper for preventing the cartridge from entering the main assembly by abutment to a part of the main assembly when the cartridge is being mounted to the main assembly with the sealing member mounted on the frame.

Abstract: A seal assembly for use in an imaging cartridge includes a removable rigid insertion element having first and second sides. The seal assembly also includes a removable seal having a first side adhered to the first side of the removable rigid insertion element by a low tack adhesive, a second side coated with an adhesive layer, and a seal tail folded over a first end of the rigid insertion element and extending over at least a portion of the second side of the removable rigid insertion element. A release liner covers the adhesive layer and has a release liner tail.

Abstract: A developer receiving unit receives developer from a discharging unit. The developer receiving unit includes a path through which the developer is received from the developer discharging unit, the path adapted to expand and contract in length. The developer-receiving unit moves into sealed engagement with the developer-discharging unit so that the developer-receiving unit communicates with the developer-discharging unit through the path. An urging member urges the path in such a direction as to expand in length. An opening-and-closing member receives a drive force from the developer-discharging unit when the developer-discharging unit pushes the developer receiving unit, the drive force acting on the opening-and-closing member in such a way that the opening-and-closing member causes the path to open. The opening-and-closing member opens the path only after the developer discharging unit moves into sealed engagement with the developer receiving unit.

Abstract: A toner container for supplying and/or replenishing toner into a development apparatus of image forming apparatus, by being engaged with the rotation transfer member of the development apparatus and being rotated about a center axis of the toner container integrally with the rotation transfer member. The toner container is structured with a cylindrical body having a toner outlet on one end of the cylindrical body, nearby a center axis of the cylindrical body, a convex spiral flute formed on the inner periphery of the cylindrical body, and a concave spiral flute formed on the outer periphery of the cylindrical body, wherein a ratio L/D of length L to diameter D of the cylindrical body is in a range of 1/2?L/D?10, a thickness of the cylindrical body t is 0.3 mm?t?5.0 mm; and a thickness deviation of the cylindrical body is ?t?20%.

Abstract: The toner feeder is removably mounted in an image forming apparatus including a rotation driver for rotating a toner container and a rotation controller for controlling the rotation driver. The toner feeder comprises a toner container for containing toner, and a support holder which holds the toner container in an axially rotatable manner. The toner container has a toner outlet port and a magnetic member provided on an outer peripheral surface thereof. The support holder includes magnetism detection means which detects passage of the magnetic member and outputs a detection signal to the rotation controller. The rotation controller controls the rotation driver so as to stop the toner container with the toner outlet port oriented upward with respect to a gravity direction on the basis of the output of the magnetism detection means after the toner container is rotated by the rotation driver to feed out a predetermined amount of toner from the toner outlet port.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for repairing or remanufacturing a toner cartridge which includes a drum shutter and a toner cartridge body. The drum shutter includes a flexible covering portion attached to both an arm element and the toner cartridge body. The flexible covering portion is removed from the arm element and the toner cartridge. A replacement flexible covering portion is secured to the arm element. The replacement flexible covering portion is attached to the toner cartridge body.

Abstract: A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, the developer supply container comprising a discharge opening for permitting discharging of a developer; a container body for accommodating the developer; a snap hook member having an engaging projection for snap-hook engagement with an engageable member of the image forming apparatus; a feeding portion for feeding the developer from the container toward the discharge opening by a rotating force received by the engaging projection from the engageable member; wherein snap hook member has a bending modulus of 1400–20000 MPa.

Abstract: A toner fill plug for a toner cartridge within an image forming device. The cartridge includes a toner reservoir having a port through which toner is input. The plug is sized to fit within the port and prevent toner leakage. The plug includes a reflector which aligns with an adjacently-positioned toner level sensor for determining the amount of toner remaining within the reservoir. The plug is removable to allow the user to refill the reservoir with new toner.

Abstract: The toner supply unit is provided with a preventing unit for preventing toner contamination due to toner leakage from that sealing valve. A mouth ring of the toner container is provided with the sealing valve. This valve is opened/closed by removing/inserting a nozzle.

Abstract: A sealing member for sealing a toner discharge opening of a toner accommodating container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, the sealing member includes a locking portion for being locked with a portion to be locked provided in the image forming apparatus, the locking portion being adapted to displace with a relative closing movement relative to the portion to be locked, wherein the toner discharging opening is brought into an open state from a closed state by relative to movement of the sealing member relative to the toner accommodating container with the locking portion being in engagement with the portion to be locked; and a releasing force receiving portion for receiving from the image forming apparatus a releasing force for releasing engagement between the locking portion and the portion to be locked by displacing the locking portion.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved sealing strip for sealing the toner chamber slot of a toner cartridge, and its manufacturing method. A sealing strip for toner cartridges includes a sealing film and a double-faced sealing film adhered thereto. The sealing film includes, along a first direction, a sealing portion for sealing a toner chamber slot of a toner cartridge and a pull part extending along one end of the sealing portion. The pull part is used for tearing away the sealing portion. The sealing portion includes two openings adjacent the pull part. The two openings range from 0.5 to 3.5 millimeters in length. The sealing film includes, along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a prime layer and a guide layer. The guide layer includes two guide lines substantially parallel to each other and extending along the first direction. The two guide lines intersect the two openings. The double-faced sealing film is adhered to the sealing portion.

Abstract: A developer supply apparatus includes a holding member for detachably holding a developer supply container having a developer discharge opening and a sealing member for sealing the developer discharge opening; a rotatable member rotatably supported on the holding member; a converting mechanism, provided at a connecting portion between the rotatable member and the holding member, for converting a rotation of the rotatable member to a sliding operation of the holding member; wherein the sealing member moves from a closing position to an opening position by the sliding operation.

Abstract: A toner supply container is detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus and includes: a container body for accommodating toner; an opening, formed in the container body, for permitting the supply of the toner into the image forming apparatus; and a driving-force receiving member for receiving a driving-force from a driving-force applying member provided in the main assembly. The driving-force receiving member includes an elastic press-fitting engagement member which is engageable with an elastic press-fitting engagement member provided in the main assembly. A part of one of the elastic press-fitting engagement members which is an elastic member is elastically restorable to establish driving-force transmitting engagement between the two engagement members.

Abstract: A developer cartridge for containing a developer and for delivering the developer to a developer hopper of an electro-photographic machine. A developer containment portion includes a first portion having an at least partially closed volume configured to contain the developer and a second portion adjacent the first portion and having an opening configured to deliver the developer to the developer hopper. A sealing gasket is disposed adjacent the second portion of the developer containment portion and surrounds at least a portion of a circumference of the opening. A first cover is disposed adjacent the second portion of the developer containment portion and is positionable between an open position for delivery of the developer and a closed position for preventing delivery of the developer. The sealing gasket contacts the first cover to prevent undesired leakage of the developer therebetween.

Abstract: An improved seal-insert and seal for a toner hopper as used in toner cartridge assemblies for printers, copiers and facsimile machines. In one embodiment, the seal has two slotted, rectangular outer pieces joined together with slot alignment and joined by an inner layer of two-sided tape. The two-sided tape is made with a long u-shape which does not interfere with the slots in the outer pieces. The open end of the u-shaped tape configuration allows a seal to be inserted or removed from between the outer pieces to close or open the slots. The seal-insert is applied over the passage from the toner hopper. The outer pieces are made from an antistatic and/or a conductive material, such as an aluminum laminate or plastic imprefnated with conductive particles. Alternately, the outer pieces may be made from plastic covered with an antistatic and/or conductive spray or coating.

Abstract: A shipping seal assembly uses adhesive masking to reduce the magnitude of the pulling force required to pull the pull-strip component of a tear-seal assembly to tear the seal assembly. The very release liner, an ingredient of some adhesive tapes, already removably adhered to the tape as purchased is used to mask the adhesive at the initial tearing and/or final tearing area, or any other location where the magnitude of the pulling force is to be reduced. Precision adhesive masking is accomplished during the same die-cutting process of forming a seal-insert component of the seal assembly, and thus does not require an extra step, but rather uses a die that does both functions of cutting a seal-insert component and kiss-cut-forming an adhesive mask, all in one die-cut step. These seal assembly improvements are implemented in the overall manufacture of a toner hopper, toner cartridge and/or used in an image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A device and method is shown that enables any strip or modular shipping seal-assembly to be ergonomically installed in a user-friendly way by leaving a handle protruding from the strip-assembly or seal-assembly for easy separation of the release liner when installing the strip-assembly or seal-assembly. Also, seal-assemblies may be manufactured and installed where there is a page consisting of the same material that the seal-insert is made of and the seal-inserts are die-cut into the page. Since the seal-insert perimeter is formed with a kiss-cut to the bottom release liner, the seal-assembly can be built-into a page. Then when it is time for the seal-assembly installer to install the seal-assembly, he simply pulls on the seal-assembly and the seal-assembly lifts right off of the page, ready to install, adhesive exposed because lifting it off the page separated the seal-assembly from the bottom release liner layer of the page.

Abstract: A hopper engagement device includes a base member having an orifice releasably engaging with a toner container. The orifice is provides an interference fit with an opening of the container. The engagement device includes a sealing member on the container wherein the sealing member includes an adhesive portion configured to engage an outer surface of a lid. When the lid is opened, the sealing member is peeled off from an opening of the container. A toner refilling kit includes a hopper engagement device having an orifice and a toner hopper container having a removable sealing member having an adhesive portion. The adhesive portion engages an outer surface of a hopper cover when the container engages the hopper engagement device. A toner container includes an opening and a sealing member attached to the opening. A refill kit includes a base member having an orifice and a toner container.