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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Mark William Amann, Lexington, KY (US);
Gregory Alan Cavill, Winchester, KY (US);
Katrina Rosit Lactuan, Cebu, PH;
James Richard Leemhuis, Lexington, KY (US);
Darren Wayne Tosh, Lexington, KY (US);
David Francis Carter, Mount Sterling, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A replaceable imaging basket for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one embodiment includes a frame having a positioning slot that is open at a top of the frame for receiving a replaceable unit. An electrical connector is positioned on an inner side of the frame adjacent to the positioning slot. The electrical connector includes an electrical contact on a front of the electrical connector that faces the positioning slot. The electrical connector includes a pair of outer guides and a pair of inner guides on opposite sides of the electrical contact. The inner guides are spaced inward from the outer guides. A top portion of a front surface of each of the outer guides tapers rearward away from the positioning slot as they extend upward. A top portion of a rear surface of each of the inner guides tapers forward toward the positioning slot as they extend upward.