Developer supply container and developer supplying system
A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus and settable in a developer receiving apparatus by a setting operation including at least a rotation toward a setting position, includes a containing portion for containing the developer; a rotatable discharging member for discharging the developer out of said containing portion; drive transmitting means, engageable with a driving gear provided in said developer receiving apparatus and rotatable in a direction opposite the setting direction, for transmitting a rotating force from said driving gear to said discharging member.
1. A toner supply container comprising:
a substantial cylindrical container configured to contain toner;
an opening provided at a circumferential peripheral portion of said cylindrical container and configured to permit discharge of the toner in said cylindrical container;
a toner feeder provided in said cylindrical container and configured to feed the toner toward said opening by rotation of said toner feeder relative to said cylindrical container;
a stepped gear provided on a longitudinal end surface of said cylindrical container, said stepped gear including:
a large diameter gear portion; and
a small diameter gear portion having a diameter smaller than a diameter of said large diameter gear portion; and
a co-axial gear provided co-axially with an axis of said toner feeder on the longitudinal end surface of said cylindrical container and configured to engage with said small diameter gear portion, said co-axial gear having a diameter larger than a diameter of said large diameter gear portion.
2. A toner supply container according to claim 1 , wherein a number of teeth of said large diameter gear portion is larger than a number of teeth of said small diameter gear portion.
3. A toner supply container according to claim 1 , wherein a number of teeth of said co-axial gear is larger than a number of teeth of said large diameter gear portion.
4. A toner supply container according to claim 3 , wherein a number of teeth of said large diameter gear portion is larger than a number of teeth of said small diameter gear portion.
5. A toner supply container according to claim 1 , wherein said toner feeder comprises a shaft portion and a blade portion which is fixed to said shaft portion.