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Toner powder bottle

US5710963A · kind A · utility

26Cited by
5References
12Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 2, 1995
Grant dateJan 20, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 2, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0865
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A toner powder bottle having a base, a top, and intermediate side walls. A powder discharge opening is formed in the base. The bottle includes a bayonet connection for cooperating with a corresponding bayonet connection of a bottle receiving member to which the toner bottle is connected in use. Finger recesses are formed in the side walls adjacent the top, the finger recesses including lateral and axial function edges to facilitate axial and rotational manipulation of the bottle to enable connection of the bottle to the bottle receiving member.

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