A toner supply container is detachably mountable to an image forming
apparatus and includes a container body for containing toner; a shutter
for closing and opening an opening, which is provided in the container
body; a rotatable member; and a projection. The shutter includes a first
gear portion for meshing engagement with a first gear member, which is
provided in the image forming apparatus. The rotatable member, which is
rotatable relative to the container body, produces a driving force for
opening and closing the shutter. The rotatable member includes a second
gear portion for meshing engagement with a second gear member, which is
provided in the image forming apparatus. The first gear member and second
gear member are rotatable together. The projection, which is provided on
the rotatable member, receives a force for pre-rotating the rotatable
member through a predetermined angle in a direction of opening the
shutter, from the image forming apparatus in response to a mounting
operation of the toner supply container to the image forming apparatus.
The rotatable member is rotatable through a predetermined angle in a
direction of closing the shutter from a position at which the second gear
portion is in meshing engagement with the first gear member. The
projection enables disengagement between the first gear portion and the
second gear member so as to substantially prevent the second gear portion
from rotating the second gear member in a dismounting operation of the
toner supply container from the image forming apparatus.