Patent ID: 9298132
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A supplying apparatus comprising: a supply container detachably mountable to a main assembly of an apparatus and configured to supply a developer, said supply container including an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the developer, a discharge opening configured to discharge the developer out of said accommodating portion, and an expansion-and-contraction portion having a variable inside volume, wherein the developer is supplied from said supply container through said discharge opening using an inside pressure variation of said supply container caused by expansion and contraction of said expansion-and-contraction portion; a receiving portion configured to receive the developer supplied from said supply container and to form a feeding path along which the developer is fed; and a decomposing member non-rotatably fixed at a position opposing, in a vertical direction, said discharge opening in said receiving portion and configured to collide with falling developer through said discharge opening to decompose the developer.