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Container, its support structure, and image formation apparatus

US6501913B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10Claims
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Filing dateAug 29, 2001
Grant dateDec 31, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0682
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The container includes a container body that has a structure in which its walls constructing an interior space are collapsible and an aperture in one section of the body when constructed. Encasement is made up of a volume-reducible inflated body that can be accommodated inside the container body. This encasement encases a toner. Contents display sections that display information on the toner inside the encasement are provided on the encasement and the container body.

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