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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Jimba, Toride, JP;
Ayatomo Okino, Moriya, JP;
Katsuya Murakami, Toride, JP;
Toshiaki Nagashima, Moriya, JP;
Fumio Tazawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer supply includes a developer accommodating body and a developer discharging body. A track is positioned at a side of the developer discharging body, with the track including a surface that extends from a first position to a second position. When the developer supply container is oriented with the track and the shutter positioned below a horizontal plane that includes the rotational axis and a discharge passageway through which developer is discharged to outside of the developer supply container is formed at the bottommost side of the developer supply container, the track is positioned between the horizontal plane and a shutter in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal plane, the second position is closer to the horizontal plane than the first position is to the horizontal plane, the surface faces upward, and the track extends such that a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis and passing through the track passes through the end of the discharge passageway.