Claims
- 1. A developer supply container for supplying a developer into an image forming apparatus, said developer supply container comprising:a developer container for accommodating a developer; a flexible member for stirring the developer in said developer container; and a supporting member, connected to a rotation shaft, for fixedly supporting said flexible member, wherein said supporting member includes a parallel portion to which said flexible member is mounted and which extends substantially parallel with an overhanging direction of said flexible member, a crossing portion extending in a direction crossing with the overhanging direction from a downstream end of said parallel portion, and a connecting portion for connecting said parallel portion and said rotation shaft, wherein said crossing portion includes a first portion adjacent to said connecting portion and a second portion spaced from said connecting portion, and wherein said second portion has a length measured in the crossing direction, which is shorter than a length of said first portion, and said second portion has a length measured in an axial direction of said rotation shaft, which is longer than the length of said first portion.
- 2. A developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein an angle θ formed between the overhanging direction and the crossing direction satisfies:30°≦θ≦60°.
- 3. A developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein a length, expressed as L1, of said second portion measured in the crossing direction, and a length, expressed as L2, of an extension of said parallel portion of said flexible member from the downstream end satisfy:0.2×L2<L1<0.6×L2.
- 4. A developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein said flexible member is contactable to an inner surface of said developer container.
- 5. A developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein said developer supply container is detachably mountable to the image forming apparatus.
- 6. A stirring member for stirring a developer in a developer container by rotation thereof, said stirring member comprising:a flexible member; a rotation shaft; and a supporting member, connected into a rotation shaft, for fixedly supporting said flexible member, wherein said supporting member includes a parallel portion to which said flexible member is mounted and which extends substantially parallel with an overhanging direction of said flexible member, a crossing portion extending in a direction crossing with the overhanging direction from a downstream end of said parallel portion, and a connecting portion for connecting said parallel portion and said rotation shaft, wherein said crossing portion includes a first portion adjacent to said connecting portion and a second portion spaced from said connecting portion, and wherein said second portion has a length measured in the crossing direction, which is shorter than a length of said first portion, and said second portion has a length measured in an axial direction of said rotation shaft, which is longer than the length of said first portion.
- 7. A stirring member according to claim 6, wherein an angle θ formed between the overhanging direction and the crossing direction satisfies:30°≦θ≦60°.
- 8. A stirring member according to claim 6, wherein a length, expressed as L1, of said second portion measured in the crossing direction, and a length, expressed as L2, of an extension of said parallel portion of said flexible member from the downstream end satisfy:0.2×L2<L1<0.6×L2.
- 9. A stirring member according to claim 6, wherein said flexible member is contactable to an inner surface of said developer container.
Priority Claims (1)
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2000-373743 |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10/004,876, filed Dec. 7, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,704,533.
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