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Toner cartridge

Granted 5 Aug 2008 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

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Inventors: Nobuhiko Umezawa, Eisuke Hori · Examiner: Caron D. Veynar · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/241,704
filed 1 Nov 2005
Publication
Not published
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US D574426
granted 5 Aug 2008

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of a toner cartridge according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation thereof;

FIG. 5 is a cross section thereof taken along line 5 — 5 in FIG. 1 , with internal components removed;

FIG. 6 is a cross section thereof taken along line 6 — 6 in FIG. 2 , with internal components removed;

FIG. 7 is a cross section thereof taken along line 7 — 7 in FIG. 1 , with internal components removed;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross section thereof taken along lines 8 — 8 and 8′—8′ of FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged cross section thereof taken along lines 9 — 9 and 9′-9′ of FIG. 5 ; and,

FIG. 10 is a left side elevation view thereof.

The broken lines depict environmental subject matter only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D18/43

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Pendency
2.8 y
1,008 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Caron D. Veynar
art unit 2913 · TC 2900
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