and constructed to hold a predetermined quantity of consumable flowable material such as toner 12 for use in an imaging system not shown an angled partition 14 divides the interior of the container 10 into a first storage chamber 16 and a second distribution chamber 18 a distribution mechanism such as a charging roller 20 is located within the distribution chamber 18 the charging roller 20 receives toner from within the distribution 18 and distributes it to an ep drum 22 for transfer to imaging sheet material a stirrer 24 rotates within a stirrer well 26 to facilitate uniform distribution of the toner 12 a metering mechanism 28 is provided between the storage chamber 16 and the distribution chamber 18 the metering mechanism 28 selectively regulates the amount of toner 12 flowing from the storage chamber 16 to the distribution chamber 18 in the fig1 embodiment the metering mechanism 28 takes the form of an opening 30 between the partition 14 and an outer wall 32 of the container 10 sized to restrict the flow of toner 12 between the storage chamber 16 and the distribution chamber 18 toner 12 is gravity fed through the opening 30 to the stirrer well 26 to supply toner on demand rotation of the stirrer 24 causes excess toner to be u201c splashed u201d back to the outside of the stirrer well 26 thus permitting an appropriate amount of toner to flow freely to the stirrer 26 an alternative embodiment of a container 34 incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown in fig2 the interior of the container 34 is divided into.