Patent ID: 7822372

Claim:
A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus which includes a driving device and a force applying device, wherein said developer supply container is set by a setting operation including at least a rotation thereof in a setting direction, said developer supply container comprising: a rotatable discharging device for discharging a developer from said developer supply container; a drive transmitting device for transmitting a driving force from the driving device to said discharging device; a load applying device for applying a load for rotating said developer supply container in the setting direction by the driving force received from the driving device; a releasing device for releasing the application of the load with a relative rotation relative to said developer supply container by the driving force received from the driving device; a force receiving device for receiving, from the force applying device, a force for retracting said releasing device so as to permit the application of the load by said load applying device.