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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0886 (2013.01); G03G 21/1676 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example toner cartridge includes a housing to contain toner and having a toner outlet, a conveying member, a shutter to open and close the toner outlet, a driven coupler to rotate the conveying member and having an extension that extends in an axial direction, and a protruding member including a rotational force receiver installed in the extension so as to move to a protruding position in which the rotational force receiver protrudes from the extension and a retracted position in which the rotational force receiver is received into the extension in conjunction with opening and closing operations of the shutter.