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Toner cartridge

Granted 20 Oct 1998 · no office action yet

Assignee: Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Teruki Kishimoto, Mitsuharu Okada · Examiner: Caron D. Veynar · AU 293 · TC 2900

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US D399870
granted 20 Oct 1998

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a toner cartridge;

FIG. 2 is a back view of a toner cartridge;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of a toner cartridge;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of a toner cartridge;

FIG. 5 is a top view of a toner cartridge;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of a toner cartridge;

FIG. 7 is a cross-section view taken along the line 7--7 in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a cross-section view taken along the line 8--8 in FIG. 5; and,

FIG. 9 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale.

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