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DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM

  • US 20190204778A1
  • Filed: 03/14/2019
  • Published: 07/04/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus, the developer receiving apparatus including a developer receiving portion provided with a receiving port for receiving developer and including a portion-to-be-engaged capable of displacing integrally with the developer receiving portion, the developer supply container comprising:

  • a rotatable developer accommodating portion for accommodating the developer;

    a discharging portion provided at a bottom side thereof with a discharge opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion; and

    an engaging portion engageable with the portion-to-be-engaged with a mounting operation of the developer supply container to displace the developer receiving portion in a displacing direction so as to bring the receiving port into fluid communication with the discharge opening,wherein the engaging portion has such a shape that a first angle relative to a mounting direction of the developer supply container at a downstream end portion in the mounting direction is larger than a second angle relative to the mounting direction at an upstream end portion in the mounting direction.

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