Toner cartridge having positional control features

US9417603B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lexmark International, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Benjer Albaran Acosta · Kiamba, PH
• James Anthany Carter, II · Lexington, US
• Gary Neal Hackney · Georgetown, US
• Katrina Rosit Lactuan · Balamban, PH
• James Richard Leemhuis · Lexington, US
• Keith Seaman · Lexington, US
• Bryan Christopher Scharf · Richmond, US
• Matthew Lee Rogers · Los Gatos, US
• Christopher Gene Vowels · Bardstown, US
• Jason Paul Hale · Pembroke Pines, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G2221/1654
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A toner cartridge for an image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for containing toner therein. The housing has an exit port on a front of the housing in fluid communication with the reservoir. A first leg and a second leg each project from a bottom of the housing and extend primarily along a front-to-rear dimension of the housing. A first alignment guide is positioned on a first side of the housing and a second alignment guide is positioned on a second side of the housing. Each alignment guide extends primarily along the front-to-rear dimension of the housing. The first alignment guide includes a pair of rounded contact points and the second alignment guide includes a rounded contact point. The rounded contact points of the first and second alignment control the vertical position of the toner cartridge in the image forming device.