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DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER

  • US 20160004187A1
  • Filed: 09/14/2015
  • Published: 01/07/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer supplying apparatus, said developer supply container comprising:

  • a developer accommodating portion capable of accommodating a developer;

    a discharge opening for discharging the developer accommodated in said developer accommodating portion, from said developer supply container;

    a fluid communication path extending from a inside of said developer supply container to said discharge opening;

    a pump portion having a volume changing with reciprocation and actable at least on said discharge opening;

    a regulating portion for regulating flow of the developer into an entrance region of said fluid communication path formed in an inner surface of said developer supply container;

    a movable portion for effecting movement of said regulating portion to said entrance region and for effecting retraction of said regulating portion from the entrance region; and

    an air flow path, provided inside said regulating portion, for fluid communication between said discharge opening and at least said pump portion.

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