JP2008003563A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (17)

In a developer supply container that is detachably provided in a developer receiving device having a driving means and a moving force applying means, and is set by a setting operation involving at least rotation in a setting direction,
Rotatable discharge means for discharging the developer in the developer supply container to the outside;
Drive transmission means for transmitting the driving force of the drive means to the discharge means;
Since the developer supply container is rotated in the setting direction by the driving force received from the drive means, the developer supply container is movable between an operating position and a non-operating position for suppressing relative rotation of the drive transmission means with respect to the developer supply container. Suppression means;
A moving force receiving means for receiving, from the moving force applying means, a force for moving the suppressing means in the non-operating position toward the operating position;
A developer supply container characterized by comprising:   The developing device according to claim 1, wherein the moving force receiving unit is configured to receive a force from the moving force applying unit in accordance with an insertion operation of the developer supply container into the developer receiving device. Medicine supply container.   3. The developer supply container according to claim 2, wherein an insertion direction of the developer supply container into the developer receiving device is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the developer supply container.   4. The moving force receiving means is configured to receive a force from the moving force applying means in accordance with an operation of taking out the developer supply container from the developer receiving device. The developer supply container according to any one of the above.   The developer supply container according to claim 4, wherein a direction in which the developer supply container is removed from the developer receiving device is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the developer supply container.   The moving force receiving means is configured to receive a force from the moving force applying means in accordance with a rotation operation in a direction opposite to a setting direction when the developer supply container is taken out from the developer receiving device. The developer supply container according to claim 1.   The developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein the moving force receiving unit is provided integrally with the suppressing unit.   8. The developer according to claim 1, wherein when the suppression unit is in the operating position, the drive transmission unit prohibits relative rotation with respect to the developer supply container. Supply container.   The developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein the suppressing unit includes a flip-flop mechanism including an urging member.   A housing portion that houses the developer, and an opening that discharges the developer in the housing portion, and the suppression unit is configured to move the housing portion in the set direction by a driving force. 10. The developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein relative rotation of the drive transmission means is suppressed.   A housing portion that houses the developer, and a rotating member that is rotatably provided around the housing portion, and the suppression unit is configured to rotate the rotating member in the setting direction by a driving force. The developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein relative rotation of the drive transmission unit with respect to the rotating member is suppressed.   The developer supply container according to claim 11, wherein the opening of the housing portion and the opening of the rotating member communicate with each other as the rotating member rotates.   13. The developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein the drive transmission unit has a gear that can mesh with the drive unit.   The developer supply container according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the drive transmission means includes an endless belt having a tooth portion engageable with the drive means. 15. The drive transmission means includes a gear which is provided so as to be rotatable coaxially with the discharge means and whose relative rotation with respect to the developer supply container is suppressed by the suppression means. The developer supply container according to any one of the above.   When the developer supply container is rotated in a predetermined angle setting direction from a position allowing attachment / detachment, the drive transmission means is drivingly connected to the drive means, and then the developer supply is performed by the driving force received by the drive transmission means. 16. The developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein the container is configured to rotate in a setting direction toward a developer supply position. In a developer replenishment system comprising: a developer accepting device; and a developer replenishment container that is detachably provided in the developer accepting device and is set by a setting operation involving at least rotation in a setting direction.
The developer receiving apparatus includes a driving unit that applies a driving force, and a moving force applying unit that applies a moving force.
The developer supply container includes: a rotatable discharge unit that discharges the developer in the developer supply container to the outside; a drive transmission unit that transmits a driving force from the drive unit to the discharge unit; and the drive unit. Suppression means movable to an operating position and a non-operating position for suppressing relative rotation of the drive transmission means with respect to the developer supply container to rotate the developer supply container in the setting direction by the received driving force; A developer replenishing system comprising: a moving force receiving means for receiving, from the moving force applying means, a moving force for moving the suppressing means in the non-operating position to the operating position.