Patent ID: 7266330
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus having a receiving opening for receiving a developer, an apparatus shutter for opening and closing said receiving opening, said developer supply container comprising: a container body for containing the developer, said container body including a discharge opening for discharging the developer; a container shutter for opening and closing said discharge opening by a rotational movement of said container body with said container shutter being prevented from moving by said developer receiving apparatus; and an interrelating portion for interrelating the rotational movement of the apparatus shutter with said container body such that the apparatus shutter starts moving when a neighborhood of a leading, with respect to a moving direction thereof, end of said discharge opening exposed by said container shutter, is substantially aligned with a neighborhood of a trailing end of the apparatus shutter.