Patent ID: 6978101

Claim:
A toner supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, comprising: a container body configured to contain toner; a discharge opening configured and positioned to permit discharge of the toner from said container body; a sealing member configured and positioned to seal said discharge opening; a feeding member configured and positioned to feed the toner toward said discharge opening in said container body; a connecting member which is provided on a lower portion of one longitudinal end surface of said container body and which is connectable with the image forming apparatus, wherein said connecting member is integrally rotatable with said feeding member; wherein said connecting member includes: a coupling projection configured and positioned to receive a rotational force from the image forming apparatus; and a locking groove configured and positioned to lock with the image forming apparatus; and a projection, provided on the bottom surface of said toner supply container at a position which is away from said locking groove in a longitudinal direction of said container body, and configured and positioned to receive an unsealing force from the image forming apparatus when said discharge opening is unsealed by relative movement between said sealing member and said container body with said locking groove locked with the image forming apparatus.