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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1996
Johnnie A Coffey, Winchester, KY (US);
Larry Steven Foster, Lexington, KY (US);
Paul Douglas Horrall, Lexington, KY (US);
John Randolph McIntyre, Lexington, KY (US);
Richard Alden Ramsdell, Lexington, KY (US);
David Erwin Rennick, Georgetown, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A toner cartridge (1) has wing-like guides (9a, 9b) on opposite sides, the guides being curved to follow a curved guide track in a printer in which the cartridge is installed. The cartridge may be readily grasped by handles (3a, 3b) and inserted in the guide tracks of the printer near the top and front and then readily directed down and into the rear area of the printer. The guides are thin at their initial location of entry into the printer for easy insertion and increase to larger thickness regions (9aa, 9bb) to better guide the cartridge. The guides are a part of a unitarily molded cover assembly which includes the side walls (33, 241, 245).