Toner loading system and method

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1992-12-23

1994-05-10

Smith, Matthew S.

Photocopying

Contact printing

Light boxes

222DIG1, G03G 1506

Patent

active

053112652

ABSTRACT:
A toner loading system for use with reprographic machines which reduces powder clouding and minimizes toner spill during loading. A toner cartridge is mountable on a toner housing. The housing includes an opening sized to accept the cartridge. When in a raised position, the cartridge is on top of the housing. When in a lowered position, the cartridge is positioned within the housing through the opening. A removable seal on the bottom of the cartridge includes a long pull tab which can be grasped from above the housing, when the cartridge is lowered, to allow removal of the seal and allow flow of toner from the cartridge to the housing while the cartridge is extended substantially or completely within the housing, thus reducing powder clouding, providing more even toner flow, and reducing mess or spillage. The reduced powder clouding is due to a substantially reduced height from which the toner has to fall when being loaded into the housing.

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