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.