Toner container with snap-on torque bearing adaptor
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsMichael Harris, John D. Sundquist
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Abstract
A device for storing a supply of particles for use a developer unit of an electrophotographic printing machine is provided. The device is cooperable with a mechanism to feed the particles from the device into the developer unit. The device includes a container defining a chamber for storing particles therein and a member. The container defines an aperture therein. The member is removably connectable to the container. The member includes a first member feature. The first member feature is engagable with said mechanism for feeding the particles from the device into to the developer unit.
Claims21
A device for storing a supply of particles for use a developer unit of an electrophotographic printing machine, the device cooperable with a mechanism to feed the particles from the device into the developer unit, the device comprising:
- a container defining a chamber for storing particles therein, said container defining an aperture therein;
- and
- a member removably connectable to said container, said container and said member being insertable into and removable from the mechanism with said container and said member connected to each other, said member including a member feature, said member feature being engagable with said mechanism for feeding the particles from the device into the developer unit.
A developer unit for developing a latent image recorded on an image receiving member of an electrophotographic printing machine with a supply of particles, the developer unit including a device for storing the supply of particles, the device cooperable with a mechanism to feed the particles from the device into the developer unit, the device comprising:
- a container defining a chamber for storing particles therein, said container defining an aperture therein;
- and
- a member removably connectable to said container, said container and said member being insertable into and removable from the mechanism with said container and said member connected to each other, said member including a member feature, said member feature being engagable with said mechanism for feeding the particles from the device into the developer unit.
An electrophotographic printing machine for developing with a supply of particles a latent image recorded on an image receiving member, said printing machine including a developer unit, the developer unit including a device for storing the supply of particles, the device cooperable with a mechanism to feed the particles from the device into the developer unit, the device comprising:
- a container defining a chamber for storing particles therein, said container defining an aperture therein;
- and
- a member removably connectable to said container, said container and said member being insertable into and removable from the mechanism with said container and said member connected to each other, said member including a member feature, said member feature being engagable with said mechanism for feeding the particles from the device into the developer unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.