Powder container for storing toner, carrier or the like

Description

FIG. 1 is a front, top and right side perspective view of a powder container for storing toner, carrier or the like showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear, top and left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is rear, bottom and right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front, bottom and left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a section view thereof, taken along line XI-XI of FIG. 7, showing the interior of the powder container for storing toner, carrier or the like;

FIG. 12 is a right side view of the end cap of the powder container for storing toner, carrier or the like, viewed from a connection side of the main body of the powder container for storing toner, carrier or the like;

FIG. 13 is a front, top and right side perspective view of the end cap; and,

FIG. 14 is a front, bottom and right side perspective view of the end cap.

The powder container for storing toner, carrier or the like has a main body and an end cap. the main body and the end cap are shown together in FIGS. 1-11. Only the end cap is shown in FIGS. 12-14.

In operation, the powder container for storing toner, carrier or the like is used to form an image in an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a printer or the like, and is set to be positioned with the image forming apparatus, and is configured to discharge toner, carrier or the like through a shutter portion according to a shortage of such toner, carrier or the like.

The broken line showing of portions of the powder container for storing toner, carrier or the like is for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a powder container for storing toner, carrier or the like, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Takami; Nobuo (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee:	Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/375,104
Filed:	September 17, 2010

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Current U.S. Class:	D18/43
Current International Class:	1603
Field of Search:	;D14/471 ;D18/12,36,40,43,44,56 ;222/DIG.1 ;347/197,222 ;399/24-28,107-112,119,121,122,222-224

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Primary Examiner: Rademaker; Garth
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Dickstein Shapiro LLP