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Cartridge

Granted 11 Jan 2000 · no office action yet

Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Atsuhiko Shimoyama, Junichi Yamamoto · Examiner: Caron D. Veynar · AU 293 · TC 2900

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filed 30 Jun 1997
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US D418860
granted 11 Jan 2000

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a bottom perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a bottom perspective view of the cartridge showing our new design, the broken line showing of portions of the cartridge is for environmental purposes only and form no part of the design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom perspective view of a second embodiment of our new design, the broken line showing of portions of the cartridge is for environmental purposes only and form no part of the design;

FIG. 9 is a top plane view of the embodiment of FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a front elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is a rear elevational view of the embodment of FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is a left side elevational view of the embodimnent shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 14 is a right side elevational view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 8.

FIG. 15 is a bottom perspective view of a third embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 16 is a top plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is a bottom side elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 15;

FIG. 18 is a front side elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 15;

FIG. 19 is a rear elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 15;

FIG. 20 is a left view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 15; and,

FIG. 21 is a right view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 15.

The drawings of FIGS. 2-7, 9-14, and 16-21 are smaller to scale than FIGS. 1, 8, and 15.

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