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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2014
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Benjer Albaran Acosta, Poblacion Kiamba, PH;
James Anthany Carter, II, Lexington, KY (US);
Gary Neal Hackney, Georgetown, KY (US);
Katrina Rosit Lactuan, Cebu, PH;
James Richard Leemhuis, Lexington, KY (US);
Keith Seaman, Lexington, KY (US);
Bryan Christopher Scharf, Richmon, KY (US);
Matthew Lee Rogers, Lexington, KY (US);
Christopher Gene Vowels, Versailles, KY (US);
Jason Hale, Richmond, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A toner cartridge for an image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for containing toner therein. The housing has an exit port on a front of the housing in fluid communication with the reservoir. A first leg and a second leg each project from a bottom of the housing and extend primarily along a front-to-rear dimension of the housing. A first alignment guide is positioned on a first side of the housing and a second alignment guide is positioned on a second side of the housing. Each alignment guide extends primarily along the front-to-rear dimension of the housing. The first alignment guide includes a pair of rounded contact points and the second alignment guide includes a rounded contact point. The rounded contact points of the first and second alignment control the vertical position of the toner cartridge in the image forming device.