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Toner cartridge

Granted 28 Sep 1999 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Oki Data Corporation · originally Oki Electric Industry

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Inventors: Yoshiharu Momiyama, Ken Nozawa, Atsushi Kurabayashi · Examiner: Caron D. Veynar · AU 293 · TC 2900

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filed 19 Nov 1997
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US D414507
granted 28 Sep 1999

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of toner…

FIG. 1 is a front view of toner cartridge showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a top view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the toner cartridge, showing the new design.

A description of the article to which the design is to be applied.

The present article is a toner cartridge to be set in an image forming unit which forms an image in an electrophotographic process for the use of a copier or printer.

The toner cartridges are consumables which are sold separately from the printers or image drums.

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