Patent ID: 11940753
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus, the developer receiving apparatus including a developer receiving portion provided with a receiving port for receiving a developer and including a portion-to-be-engaged capable of displacing integrally with the developer receiving portion, the developer supply container comprising:
a rotatable developer accommodating portion for accommodating the developer;
a discharging portion provided at a bottom side thereof with a discharge opening for discharging the developer accommodating in the developer accommodating portion;
an engaging portion engageable with the portion-to-be-engaged with a mounting operation of the developer supply container to displace the developer receiving portion in a displacing direction so as to bring the receiving opening into fluid communication with the discharge opening; and
a supporting portion provided upstream of the engaging portion in an inserting direction in which the developer accommodating portion is inserted into the developer receiving apparatus, the supporting portion extending in a direction of a rotational axis of the developer accommodating portion, and the supporting portion being capable of supporting the portion-to-be-engaged delivered from the engaging portion,
wherein, when the discharge opening and the receiving opening are in fluid communication with each other, a maximum height of the engaging portion is higher than a supporting surface of the supporting portion which supports the portion-to-be-engaged, and
wherein a downstream end of the supporting portion in the inserting direction is between a bottom end portion and a top end portion of the engaging portion, and
wherein the supporting portion connects to the engaging portion between the bottom end portion and the top end portion.