Patent ID: 6879789
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: G03G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A toner supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, said container comprising: a container body for accommodating toner; a discharge opening, which is provided in said container body, for permitting discharge of the toner; a sealing member for unsealably sealing said discharge opening, wherein said sealing member includes an engageable projection, which is engageable with an engaging member provided in the image forming apparatus, and a supporting member for displaceably supporting said engageable projection, wherein when said sealing member is moved relative to said container body away therefrom to unseal said discharge opening, said engageable projection is engaged with the engaging member; and a releasing projection, provided in said supporting member, for receiving, from a releasing member provided in the image forming apparatus, a force for displacing said engageable projection in a direction of disengagement from the engaging member.