TONER CONTAINER HAVING PROTRUSIONS PROJECTING FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE TONER CONTAINER

• US 20180335719A1
• Filed: 07/30/2018
• Published: 11/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eisuke Hori, Hideki Kimura, Kenji Kikuchi, Nobuo Takami, Noriyuki Kimura, Yuji Suzuki
• Original Assignee: Eisuke Hori, Hideki Kimura, Kenji Kikuchi, Nobuo Takami, Noriyuki Kimura, Yuji Suzuki
• Inventors: TAKAMI, Nobuo, KIMURA, Noriyuki, HORI, Eisuke, KIMURA, Hideki, KIKUCHI, Kenji, SUZUKI, Yuji
• Granted Patent: US 10,459,370 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/0863 provided with identifying means or means for storing process- or use parameters, e.g. an electronic memory
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Abstract

A system with a container including a protrusion, and a receiver to receive the container. The receiver includes a slide block that is movable relative to a body of the receiver, the slide block including two surfaces, a first surface, initially contacted by the protrusion of the container during insertion of the container into the receiver, having a first slope to resist movement of the container towards the receiver, and a second surface, subsequently contacted by the protrusion of the container during the insertion of the container into the receiver, having a second slope to interact with the protrusion of the container to assist movement of the container towards the receiver. This construction provides the user with a changing insertion force to indicate proper mounting of the container.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a container including a protrusion; and

a receiver to receive the container, the receiver including;

a slide block that is movable relative to a body of the receiver, the slide block including two surfaces, a first surface, initially contacted by the protrusion of the container during insertion of the container into the receiver, having a first slope to resist movement of the container towards the receiver, and a second surface, subsequently contacted by the protrusion of the container during the insertion of the container into the receiver, having a second slope to interact with the protrusion of the container to assist movement of the container towards the receiver.