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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Michael Craig Leemhuis, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Christian Blair Miller, Lexington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Michael Craig Leemhuis, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Christian Blair Miller, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A skirt for a toner cartridge comprises a body having a pair of parallel edges, a plurality of beams extending along the body in the direction of the pair of parallel edges, the beams having a first end dimension B, the beams having a second end dimension b, the plurality of beams having tapered edges between the first end and the second end defining a ratio R defined by dimensions b/B being from about 0 to 0.9 for inhibiting creep deflection.