Toner bottle
US6456811B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 12, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S222/01
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A toner bottle is provided with a cylindrical bottle portion with an opening at one end, a cylindrical cap holding portion connected to the opening of the bottle portion, and a cap member attached to the cap holding portion in a manner enabling itself to slide in the peripheral direction and the axial direction of the cap holding portion. Toner is housed in the cylindrical bottle portion. The cap holding portion has a cylindrical body with a toner supply port formed for emitting the toner housed in the bottle portion, and a latching claw projecting from the outer surface of the cylindrical body at a position higher than the toner supply port. First and second grooves extending in the peripheral direction to which the latching claw is latched are formed in the inner surface of the cap member. An opening from which the toner housed in the bottle portion is emitted is formed to the cap member between the first and second grooves.
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