IP Library Granted Patent US 9,804,526
Granted Patent B2
US 9,804,526 · App. 15/131,960 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Toner container

Inventors: Dean J. Richtsmeier (Boise, ID); Robin Pierce Yergenson (Eagle, ID); Richard L. Swantner (Rapid City, SD)
Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
G03G15/0865G03G15/0875H04N1/00557H04N2201/0094
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Patent No.
US 9,804,526
App. No.
15/131,960
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (12)

1. 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.

2. 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.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2016
From: RICHTSMEIER, DEAN J.; YERGENSON, ROBIN PIERCE; SWANTNER, RICHARD L.
To: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
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Continuity (2)
Division 14391399
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