US 12,204,272 B2
Developer supply container and developer supplying system
Yohei Gamo, Abiko (JP); Daijiro Kato, Abiko (JP); Yusuke Oizumi, Toride (JP); and Ayatomo Okino, Moriya (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/241,375.
Application 18/241,375 is a division of application No. 17/950,379, filed on Sep. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,782,382.
Application 17/950,379 is a division of application No. 17/388,168, filed on Jul. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,487,239, issued on Nov. 1, 2022.
Application 17/388,168 is a division of application No. 16/790,957, filed on Feb. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,156,952, issued on Oct. 26, 2021.
Application 16/790,957 is a division of application No. 16/353,215, filed on Mar. 14, 2019, granted, now 10,591,865, issued on Mar. 17, 2020.
Application 16/353,215 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2018/036622, filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-181798 (JP), filed on Sep. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0408967 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1647 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0867 (2013.01); G03G 15/087 (2013.01); G03G 15/0877 (2013.01); G03G 15/0886 (2013.01); G03G 21/1676 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A developer supply container comprising:
a developer accommodating body configured to accommodate developer, the developer accommodating portion being provided with a gear portion;
a developer discharging body in fluid communication with the developer accommodating body, the developer discharging body having a discharge opening, with the discharge opening being configured to form at least a part of a discharge passageway through which developer may be discharged to outside of the developer supply container, with an end of the discharge passageway being positioned at a bottommost side of the developer supply container, and with the developer accommodating body being rotatable about a rotational axis thereof relative to the developer discharging body;
a track including a fixed portion fixed on the discharging body and an elastically deformable portion extending from the fixed portion to a free end portion that is displaceable from the discharging body such that the elastically deformable portion intersects a horizontal plane that is parallel to the rotational axis; and
a cover attached to the developer discharging body, the cover being configured to cover the developer discharging body and the track, and the cover including a front wall that crosses the rotational axis, with the front wall being provided with a slit.