Patent ID: 6952549

Claim:
A developer supply apparatus comprising: a holding member for detachably holding a developer supply container having a developer discharge opening and a sealing member for sealing the developer discharge opening, wherein said holding member rotatably holds the developer supply container; a manually rotatable member having a rotational axis and being disposed so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis of the developer supply container; a converting mechanism, provided at a connecting portion between said rotatable member and said holding member, for converting a rotation of said rotatable member to a sliding operation of said holding member, and a locking member for locking engagement with the sealing member, wherein the sealing member moves from a closing position to an opening position by the sliding operation, and wherein the sliding operation includes a sliding movement for locking the sealing member with said locking member and a sliding movement for a relative movement of a main body of the developer supply container and the sealing member locked with said locking member causes the sealing member and said locking member to move away from each other.