A developer cartridge which is rotatably mounted in the developing unit of
an image forming apparatus, and supplies a developer to the developing
unit while rotating includes a cylindrical cartridge main body having a
developer outlet hole in the outer surface near one end, and a ring-like
cartridge-side shutter which is fitted on the outer surface near one end
of the cylindrical cartridge main body to be movable along the rotating
shaft of the cylindrical cartridge main body between a position where the
developer outlet hole is opened and a position where the developer outlet
hole is closed. The developing unit has a guide for inserting the
developer cartridge and a driving unit for rotating the developer
cartridge, and the guide has a main body-side shutter with a hole. When
the developer cartridge is mounted, the cartridge-side shutter moves from
the position where the developer outlet hole is closed to the position
where the developer outlet hole is opened, and the developer outlet hole
aligns itself with the hole of the main body-side shutter. The
cylindrical cartridge main body and the main body-side shutter integrally
rotate in align the developer outlet hole and the hole of the main
body-side shutter with a developer replenishment port formed below the
main body-side shutter. Every time this happens, the developer in the
developer cartridge is supplied from the developer replenishment port to
the developing unit via the developer outlet hole and the hole of the
main body-side shutter.