Patent ID: 11921441
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 2:
3. A developer supply container comprising:
a developer accommodating portion accommodating developer;
a developer discharging portion in fluid communication with the developer accommodating portion, the developer accommodating portion being rotatable about a rotational axis and relative to the developer discharging portion, the developer discharging portion including a discharge passageway extending to outside of the developer supply container, with the discharge passageway being configured to discharge the developer;
a track provided outside of the developer discharging portion at one side thereof with respect to a first plane that (i) is parallel to the rotational axis and (ii) passes through the discharge passageway; and
a shutter provided with a shutter opening configured to permit discharge of the developer from the discharge passageway, the shutter being supported by the developer discharging portion so as to be slidable in a direction of the rotational axis between an open position in which the shutter opening and one end of the discharge passageway are in fluid communication with each other and a closed position in which the one end of the discharge passageway is closed by the shutter, the shutter including a recessed portion on an outer side of the shutter,
wherein, when the developer supply container is oriented with the one end of the discharge passageway positioned at a bottom side of the developer discharging portion, (i) the track and the shutter are positioned below a horizontal plane that includes the rotational axis, and (ii) the recessed portion includes an inclined surface that is inclined relative to a horizontal plane, with the inclined surface surrounding the shutter opening and being inclined such that on a second plane that is normal to the rotational axis and passes through the discharge passageway and the shutter opening, the inclined surface is closer to the track on the one side than a part of the developer discharging portion that corresponds to the track than on the other side of the developer discharging portion in a state that the shutter opening and one end of the discharge passageway are in fluid communication with each other.