Patent ID: 8045899
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developer supply cartridge, comprising: a developer accommodation portion that accommodates a developer; a developer supply opening that supplies the developer from said developer accommodation portion; a shutter portion movable between a developer supply permitting position for opening said developer supply opening and a developer supply preventing position for closing said developer supply opening; a rotatable portion, rotatable about an axis thereof, to interrelatedly move said shutter portion from the developer supply preventing position to the developer supply permitting position; and a cover covering a communication opening of a housing in which said shutter portion is provided, wherein said cover is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the axis of said rotatable portion and is urged by an elastic force to a position for covering said communication opening, wherein said cover is movable against the elastic force to retract from the position for covering said communication opening.