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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:

Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);

Inventor:

Gary Neal Hackney, Georgetown, KY (US);

Assignee:

Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/18 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0832 (2013.01); G03G 15/0865 (2013.01); G03G 15/0875 (2013.01); G03G 15/0886 (2013.01); G03G 15/0898 (2013.01); G03G 21/1817 (2013.01); G03G 21/1842 (2013.01); G03G 21/1846 (2013.01);
Abstract

A toner cartridge according to one example embodiment includes a housing that has an elongated shape extending from a first side to a second side. The housing defines a reservoir for containing toner therein. An exit port is in fluid communication with the reservoir and faces downward on the front of the housing near the first side. A first leg portion and a second leg portion each projects from the bottom of the housing and extends along a front-to-rear dimension of the housing. The first leg portion has a first outer side spaced inward from the first side of the housing and the second leg portion has a second outer side spaced inward from the second side of the housing. The first outer side and the second outer side are unobstructed to limit the side-to-side travel of the toner cartridge during insertion into the image forming device.


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