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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2018
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Michael Craig Leemhuis, Nicholasville, KY (US);
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A toner container according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing toner. A rotatable shaft is positioned within the reservoir and has an axis of rotation. A first magnet is rotatable with the shaft around the axis of rotation. An arm connected to the shaft leads the first magnet around the axis of rotation in an operative rotational direction of the shaft. A second magnet connected to the shaft trails the first magnet around the axis of rotation in the operative rotational direction. The arm is operatively connected to the second magnet such that an angular offset between the first magnet and the second magnet increases as an angular offset between the first magnet and the arm increases and the angular offset between the first magnet and the second magnet decreases as the angular offset between the first magnet and the arm decreases.