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Patent No.:

US 10444661 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2017
Applicant:

Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);

Inventors:

Gregory Alan Cavill, Winchester, KY (US);

Jason Paul Hale, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);

James Richard Leemhuis, Lexington, KY (US);

David Lee Merrifield, Lexington, KY (US);

Matthew Lee Rogers, Lexington, KY (US);

Daniel Lee Thomas, Lexington, KY (US);

Randal Scott Williamson, Georgetown, KY (US);

Assignee:

Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0834 (2013.01); G03G 15/0896 (2013.01); G03G 21/1853 (2013.01); G03G 2215/066 (2013.01);
Abstract

A toner cartridge according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for holding toner and an outlet in fluid communication with the reservoir for exiting toner from the toner cartridge. A resiliently deflectable cam is positioned on an exterior portion of the housing to contact a media feed roll assembly when the toner cartridge is installed in the image forming device for biasing the media feed roll assembly into contact with a corresponding media feed roll in the image forming device to form a media feed nip in the image forming device.


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