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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
May. 18, 2000
Scott Thomas Slattery, Brockport, NY (US);
Jerry Eugene Livadas, Webster, NY (US);
James R. Carey, Rochester, NY (US);
NexPress Solutions LLC, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An interface member providing flow communication of particulate material between a particulate material receptacle and a housing of a mechanism for replenishing particulate material from a receptacle to a remote reservoir. The interface member includes a casting defining a flow communication passage. A plate is attached to the casting at an angle to the horizontal to define an angled entrance to the casting. A member, associated with said angled entrance plate, is provided for guiding and holding the marking particle receptacle at a corresponding angle to the horizontal when the receptacle is installed on the angled entrance plate, whereby the angled orientation of the receptacle lets air percolate into the receptacle while the receptacle is emptying, allowing the particulate material to flow freely out of the receptacle.