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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Yomoda, Kashiwa, JP;
Ayatomo Okino, Moriya, JP;
Manabu Jimba, Toride, JP;
Akihito Kamura, Kashiwa, JP;
Takashi Enokuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer supply containerdetachably mountable to a developer supplying apparatusincludes a developer accommodating portioncapable of accommodating a developer, a discharge openingfor discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portiontoward the developer supplying apparatus, a pump portionfor effecting a discharging operation through the discharge opening, a communicating portionprovided at a position contacting the discharge openingand capable of storing a constant amount of the developer, and a regulating portioncapable of taking a developer flow regulating state in which the flow of the developer into the communicating portionand a developer flow non-regulating state in which the entering of the developer is not regulated, the regulating portiontaking the developer flow regulating state in a discharging operation of the pump portion, wherein the regulating portionis provided with an air flow pathfor communicating between the communicating portionand the pump portion