Patent ID: 7522866

Claim:
A developer container that is mounted removably in an image forming apparatus, comprising: a developer container main body that is formed into a cylindrical shape for containing a developer for use in image formation, is provided with an exhausting hole through which the developer is let out, and conveys the contained developer toward the exhausting hole by being rotated around its axial line; and a supporting member that supports the developer container main body rotatably around the axial line throughout a full circumference from an outer side in a radial direction of the developer container main body and is provided with a through hole for guiding the developer let out from the exhausting hole of the developer container main body to the outside, wherein the developer container main body includes a first container portion formed into a cylindrical shape having a bottom, a second container portion formed into a cylindrical shape having a bottom and a coupling member formed into a cylindrical and provided with an exhausting hole, and wherein one end in an axial line direction of the coupling member is coupled removably with an open end of the first container portion, and the other end in the axial line direction of the coupling member is coupled removably with an open end of the second container portion.