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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
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;
Keisuke Isobe, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer supply container includes a developer accommodating portion accommodating developer, and a developer discharging portion in fluid communication with the developer accommodating portion. The developer accommodating portion is rotatable about a rotational axis and relative to the developer discharging portion, 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. A lifter is 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.