Patent ID: 7242893
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developer supply container detachably settable to a developer receiving apparatus by a setting operation including at least a rotation thereof, said container comprising: a container body configured to contain a developer, said container body having a developer discharge opening configured and positioned to discharge the developer toward a developer receiving opening provided in the developer receiving apparatus; a rotatable feeding member configured and positioned to feed the developer in said container body toward said developer discharge opening; a drive coupling member configured and positioned to operatively couple with a driving member provided in the developer receiving apparatus to receive a rotational force for rotating said feeding member, said drive coupling member being movable relative to said container body to a position for operative coupling with the driving member in a rotational axis direction thereof; and an interrelating mechanism configured and positioned to interrelate an operation of movement of said drive coupling member to the position with an operation of rotational movement of said developer discharge opening to face the developer receiving opening by the setting operation.