Patent ID: 7796923

Claim:
A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus including a driving member, said developer supply container being settable in the developer receiving apparatus by a setting operation at least including a rotation thereof, said developer supply container comprising: a container body having an inner space configured to contain a developer; a discharging device, disposed in said container body, configured to discharge the developer out of said container body by rotation thereof relative to said container body when said developer supply container is at a developer supply position where the developer in said container body is supplied to the developer receiving apparatus; a drive transmitting device, engageable with the driving member, configured and positioned to transmit a rotational force from the driving member to said discharging device; a load applying device configured and positioned to apply a load to said drive transmitting device to rotate said developer supply container toward the developer supply position by the rotational force received by said drive transmitting device; and a load releasing device configured and positioned to substantially release the load applied to said drive transmitting device by said load applying device when said developer supply container is at the developer supply position.