Patent ID: 8190068
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus including a driving gear, said container comprising: a containing portion configured to contain developer; a rotatable discharging member provided in said containing portion and configured to discharge the developer in said containing portion out of said containing portion when said container is positioned at a developer discharging position; a drive receiving member engageable with the driving gear and rotatable about an axis thereof to receive a rotational force for rotating said discharging member relative to said containing portion; and a regulating portion for regulating a mounting attitude of said container relative to the apparatus so as to prevent an engagement between said drive receiving member and the driving gear, and thereafter said drive receiving member is revolvable, with manual rotation of said container, in a setting direction around an axis of said container to a set position where said drive receiving member is engageable with the driving gear, wherein said drive receiving member is loaded to retard the rotation thereof about the axis so as to rotate said container from the set position to the developer discharging position in the setting direction by the rotational force received by said drive receiving member from the driving gear.