Patent ID: 7773919
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus including a driving member, said developer supply container being set in the developer receiving apparatus by a setting operation at least including a rotation thereof, said developer supply container comprising: a container body having an inner space configured to contain a developer; a rotatable discharging member, disposed in said container body, configured to discharge the developer from said container body when said developer supply container is at a developer supply position; a drive transmission device, engageable with the driving member, configured and positioned to transmit a rotational force from the driving member to said discharging member to rotate said discharging member relative to said developer supply container; and a suppressing device configured and positioned to provide a suppressing force, which is reducible, for suppressing a relative rotation between said developer supply container and said drive transmission device to rotate said developer supply container toward the developer supply position by the rotational force received by said drive transmission device.