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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2009
Ching-ho Huang, Changhua County, TW;
Ching-Ho Huang, Changhua County, TW;
General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd., Taichung County, TW;
Abstract
A switching mechanism for a toner cartridge includes a base and a sliding member. The base is mounted to a housing. A chamber is defined between the housing and the base for receiving the sliding member. The base has a guiding slot. The sliding member has a body received in the chamber, a suspension arm extending from the body, a hook disposed on the suspension arm, and a post extending from the suspension arm and received in the guiding slot. When the sliding member is moved to different positions, an outlet of the toner cartridge can be closed or opened. The post moves along the guiding slot to cause an elastic deformation of the suspension arm for changing the position of the hook such that an erroneous operation of the switching mechanism can be avoided, and a mold for the switching mechanism is easy to manufacture to reduce the manufacturing costs.