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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kenji Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiko Kimura, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0877 (2013.01); G03G 15/0867 (2013.01); G03G 21/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A toner cartridge for an imaging apparatus includes a housing to accommodate toner, and an inlet port and an outlet port formed in the housing. The outlet port supplies the toner to a developing device of the imaging apparatus. The inlet port receives a residual toner removed from an image carrier of the developing device as a recycled toner.