Patent · US Expired

Toner cartridge

US7245860B2 · kind B2 · utility

5Cited by
3References
15Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 25, 2005
Grant dateJul 17, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 24, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0692
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A toner cartridge includes a housing, which has a receiving portion, a tubular portion, a first accommodating chamber defined in the tubular portion, a second accommodating chamber defined in the receiving portion in communication with the first accommodating chamber, and an outlet formed in the tubular portion in communication with the first accommodating chamber and the outside of the housing, an inner tube, which is rotatably mounted in the first accommodating chamber of the housing and which has plate portions and a slot communicatable with the outlet, and a seal, which is fixedly provided at an outer side of the inner tube and attachable to an inner surface of the tubular portion to prevent leakage of toner and which has a slot in communication with the slot of the inner tube.

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