Developer replenishing container and image forming apparatus

A developer replenishing container, comprising:

• a developer accommodating body containing a developer;
• a discharging body including,
• an accommodating chamber which is in fluid communication with said developer accommodating body and configured to contain the developer, wherein said developer accommodating body is provided with a feeding portion for feeding the developer into said accommodating chamber, and
• a discharge passageway configured to discharge the developer from said accommodating chamber to outside of said developer replenishing container,
• wherein said developer accommodating body is rotatable relative to said discharging body for said feeding portion to feed the developer toward said accommodating chamber, and said discharge passageway extends from one end, which is an entrance into which the developer in said accommodating chamber enters, to another end for discharging the developer in said discharge passageway and extends in a direction crossing the direction in which a rotational axis of said developer accommodating body extends;
• a coil spring provided in said discharge passageway such that said coil spring is expandable and contractable along the direction in which the discharge passageway extends;
• and
• an attachment member to which said coil spring is fixed and which includes a communication port which is part of said discharge passageway and permits the developer to pass, wherein said attachment member is attached to said discharge body such that said coil spring and said attachment member are disposed between said accommodating chamber and said another end of said discharge passageway.