Electrophotography – Image formation – Development
Reexamination Certificate
2009-03-17
2010-06-29
Gray, David M (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Image formation
Development
C399S120000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07747202
ABSTRACT:
The toner bottle exchangeably used in an image forming apparatus. The toner bottle includes a bottle body having a substantially cylindrical shape and configured to contain toner, a gear configured to rotate a part of the toner bottle, a cap attached to the bottle body and including an opening arranged in a circumferential surface of the cap and configured to output toner to a development apparatus of the image forming apparatus, a toner conveyance mechanism arranged in the bottle body and configured to convey the toner to the opening.
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Katsuyama Goro
Kurita Masahiro
Taguchi Nobuyuki
Uchiyama Misaki
Gray David M
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
Wong Joseph S
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