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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
May. 10, 2012
Stephen Andrew Brown, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
James Anthany Carter, Lexington, KY (US);
Gregory Alan Cavill, Winchester, KY (US);
Matthew David Heid, Simpsonville, KY (US);
Benjamin Keith Newman, Lexington, KY (US);
Joshua Carl Poterjoy, Georgetown, KY (US);
Matthew Russell Smither, Lexington, KY (US);
Christopher G. Vowels, Versallies, KY (US);
Stephen Andrew Brown, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
James Anthany Carter, Lexington, KY (US);
Gregory Alan Cavill, Winchester, KY (US);
Matthew David Heid, Simpsonville, KY (US);
Benjamin Keith Newman, Lexington, KY (US);
Joshua Carl Poterjoy, Georgetown, KY (US);
Matthew Russell Smither, Lexington, KY (US);
Christopher G. Vowels, Versallies, KY (US);
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A removable unit for an electrophotographic imaging device includes a housing having an opening, a rotatable roll disposed near the opening and adjacent to a bottom of the housing and a blade assembly coupled to the housing. The blade assembly includes a support bracket secured to a wall defining at least a part of the opening of the housing, and a blade member coupled to the support bracket and being positioned in the removable unit so that a distal end portion of the blade member engages with the rotatable roll. The housing, the blade assembly, and a portion of a surface of the rotatable roll define a substantially sealed enclosure for containing toner therein.