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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2019
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Brian Scott Carpenter, Lexington, KY (US);
Gregory Alan Cavill, Winchester, KY (US);
James Richard Leemhuis, Lexington, KY (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence Tonges, Versailles, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
An assembly for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a toner cartridge and an imaging unit. Contact between first and second guide posts of the toner cartridge and first and second alignment guides of the imaging unit define a pivot axis about which the toner cartridge is pivotable relative to the imaging unit when the toner cartridge is installed on the imaging unit. Contact between an engagement member of the toner cartridge and a hold-down of the imaging unit biases the toner cartridge about the pivot axis relative to the imaging unit and biases a developer roll of the toner cartridge against a photoconductive drum of the imaging unit when the toner cartridge is installed on the imaging unit.