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US 9,804,526 B2Granted
Toner container
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDean J. Richtsmeier, Robin Pierce Yergenson, Richard L. Swantner
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Abstract
In one example, a toner container has an interior volume defined by a body and a pair of wings extending up and out from the body.
Claims2
A toner container, comprising a U-shaped interior volume that includes a lower chamber and an upper chamber on each side of the lower chamber, and wherein:
- each of the upper chambers is defined in part by a floor that slopes in toward the lower chamber from side to side;
- the lower chamber lies below an imaging light path in a printer and extends from near a photoconductor at a rear of the printer forward to a front of the printer;
- the lower chamber is defined by a body;
- each of the upper chambers is defined by a tower connected to the body;
- and
- the body and towers are integrated into a printer housing as a non-removable load bearing structure.
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A toner container, comprising a U-shaped interior volume that includes a lower chamber and an upper chamber on each side of the lower chamber, and wherein:
- each of the upper chambers is defined in part by a floor that slopes in toward the lower chamber from side to side;
- the lower chamber lies below an imaging light path in a printer and extends from near a photoconductor at a rear of the printer forward to a front of the printer;
- the lower chamber is defined by a body;
- each of the upper chambers is defined by a tower connected to the body;
- and
- the body and towers are discrete parts inside a printer housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.