Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner cartridge for use in an image forming device
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Application No.: US14886198Application Date: 2015-10-19
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Publication No.: US09323178B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- Inventor: Benjer Albaran Acosta , James Anthany Carter, II , Gary Neal Hackney , Katrina Rosit Lactuan , James Richard Leemhuis , Keith Seaman , Bryan Christopher Scharf , Matthew Lee Rogers , Christopher Gene Vowels , Jason Hale , Mark William Amann , Benjamin Keith Newman , Harald Portig , Rodney Evan Sproul
- Applicant: Lexmark International, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US KY Lexington
- Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Lexington
- Agent Justin M Tromp
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
A toner cartridge according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for containing toner therein. An exit port in fluid communication with the reservoir faces downward on a front of the housing near a first side of the housing. A portion of a main interface gear for providing rotational power to a toner delivery system is exposed on the front of the housing near a top of a second side of the housing and engagable with a corresponding drive gear in the image forming device. A projection extends forward from the housing further forward than a frontmost portion of the exit port and is spaced from the exit port toward the first side of the housing. A front of the projection is unobstructed for engaging a developer unit when the toner cartridge is inserted into the image forming device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160041499A1 Toner Cartridge for use in an Image Forming Device Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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