Arrangement for conveying toner from a toner supply container into a toner receiving container

US8139986B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Oce Printing Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Dietrich Pensold · Günzburg, DE
• Reinhold Schmidl · Fürstenfeldbruck, DE
• Michael Lay · San Fernando, US
• Martin Zehentbauer · Gauting, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 15, 2007
• Grant date: Mar 20, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 26, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G2215/0695
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In an arrangement to convey toner from a toner bottle of a toner reservoir into a toner receiving container, the toner bottle has a cover to close an output opening thereof. The cover has an upper cover part to accept the toner bottle and a lower cover part to close the outlet opening. A first locking unit provided within the cover arresting the lower cover part to the upper cover part such that it cannot be displaced before placement of the toner reservoir onto the toner receiving container. The cover is receivable on the toner receiving container so that the outlet opening of the toner reservoir is positioned above a filling opening of the toner receiving container. A slider has an outlet opening, the slider closing or opening the filling opening of the toner receiving container. The slider has an unlocking unit that unlocks the first locking unit upon placement of the toner reservoir on the toner receiving container so that the lower cover part is no longer arrested to the upper cover part. The lower cover part and the slider have a latching unit that engages in an active connection upon placement of the toner reservoir onto the toner receiving container so that the lower cover …