Patent ID: 6944417

Claim:
A toner supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, said toner supply container comprising: a rotatable container body for containing toner, said container body being provided at one longitudinal end portion with an opening portion for permitting discharge of the toner; and a feeding member, provided for integral rotation with said container body, for feeding the toner in said container body toward said opening portion, wherein said feeding member includes a plate-like member extending substantially along a full-length of said container body, and wherein said plate-like member is provided with projections, which are inclined relative to a rotational axis of said plate-like member and which are effective to guide the toner toward said opening portion with rotation of said container body, and wherein said projections are provided at respective positions, which are different in a longitudinal direction of said container body, at least on one side of said plate-like member for feeding the toner adjacent the other longitudinal end of said container body toward said opening portion.