US 11,852,991 B2
Developer supply container and developer supplying system
Yohei Gamo, Abiko (JP); Tsukasa Mine, Tsukuba (JP); Akihito Kamura, Nagareyama (JP); Koji Katayama, Misato (JP); Masato Yamaoka, Kashiwa (JP); Yusuke Oizumi, Toride (JP); Manabu Jimba, Tsukuba (JP); Ayatomo Okino, Moriya (JP); Nobuyuki Yomoda, Kashiwa (JP); and Keisuke Isobe, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,708.
Application 17/972,708 is a division of application No. 17/746,012, filed on May 17, 2022, granted, now 11,526,098.
Application 17/746,012 is a division of application No. 16/923,400, filed on Jul. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,392,056, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Application 16/923,400 is a division of application No. 16/354,333, filed on Mar. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,725,400, issued on Jul. 28, 2020.
Application 16/354,333 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2018/036623, filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-181802 (JP), filed on Sep. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0041483 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0879 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0865 (2013.01); G03G 15/0886 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A developer supply container comprising:
a developer accommodating portion accommodating the developer;
a developer discharging portion in fluid communication with the developer accommodating portion, with the developer accommodating portion being rotatable about a rotational axis and relative to the developer discharging portion, and with the developer discharging portion being provided with a developer discharge opening at a bottommost side of the developer discharging portion and configured to permit discharging the developer to outside of the developer supply container; and
lifter linearly liftable relative to the developer discharging portion in a direction perpendicular to a horizontal plane that includes the rotational axis when the developer supply container is oriented with the developer discharge opening positioned at a bottom side of the developer discharging portion.