Patent ID: 6839533
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, said developer supply container comprising: a main body for accommodating a developer; a discharge opening, provided in the main body, for permitting discharge of the developer; a shutter member for opening and closing said discharge opening; a rotatable member which is rotatable relative to the main body to effect opening and closing movement of said shutter member; a regulating member for limiting a rotation of said rotatable member in a direction of opening said shutter member, wherein said regulating member includes an extended portion integral with said rotatable member and extended substantially along the opening rotational direction of said rotatable member and a limiting projection, projected from said extended portion toward said main assembly, for abutment to a stopper projection of the main body, wherein said regulating member has an abutting portion for abutment to an image forming apparatus in a mounting operation of said developer supply container, and said limiting projection displaces to a position where it is incapable of abutting said stopper projection.