Developer supply container
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasafumi Takagi
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Abstract
A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, includes a container body for containing a developer; a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the developer from the container body; shutter means for unsealing and sealing the discharge opening; wherein the shutter means has a first shutter member and a second shutter member resealably provided at a position facing to the discharge opening.
Claims15
A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a container body for containing a developer;
- a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the developer from said container body;
- and
- shutter means for unsealing and sealing said discharge opening,
- wherein said shutter means includes a first shutter member and a second shutter member, which are engageable with each other to form a resealable shutting portion at a position facing to said discharge opening.
A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a container body for containing a developer;
- a developer discharging opening, provided in a peripheral surface of said container body, for permitting discharge of the developer in said container body toward a developer receiving opening of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- shutter means for unsealing and sealing said developer discharging opening,
- wherein said shutter means includes a first shutter member and a second shutter member, which are engageable with each other to form a resealable shutting portion at a position facing to the developer receiving opening.
A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a container body for containing a developer, said container body being provided with a developer discharging opening for permitting discharge of the developer downwardly toward a developer receiving opening of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a first shutter and a second shutter cooperative with each other to seal and unseal said developer discharging opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.