IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0899820
(2004-07-27)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Wegman,Paul M.
- Vaynshteyn,Mikhail
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출원인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
2 인용 특허 :
2 |
초록
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Dispenser conduit partitions are used to improve the discharge flow of toner particles from a toner dispenser bottle in a host image forming device. A dispenser conduit partition assembly is inserted into the funnel-like dispenser conduit of the toner dispenser bottle. The conduit partition assembly
Dispenser conduit partitions are used to improve the discharge flow of toner particles from a toner dispenser bottle in a host image forming device. A dispenser conduit partition assembly is inserted into the funnel-like dispenser conduit of the toner dispenser bottle. The conduit partition assembly is arranged with multiple partition members. The multiple partition members act to partition the single symmetric dispenser conduit into a corresponding multiplicity of asymmetric dispenser component conduits. As a result, the toner particles are dispensed by the multiple dispenser component conduits to thereby form a corresponding multiplicity of asymmetric toner particle discharge flows, thus reducing toner bridging.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A dispenser bottle arranged to dispense particles including a conduit partition assembly, the dispenser bottle having a dispenser bottle top end and an opposite dispenser bottle bottom end and comprising a tapered top dispenser portion and a cylindrical bottom container porti
What is claimed is: 1. A dispenser bottle arranged to dispense particles including a conduit partition assembly, the dispenser bottle having a dispenser bottle top end and an opposite dispenser bottle bottom end and comprising a tapered top dispenser portion and a cylindrical bottom container portion, the dispenser portion forming a dispenser mouth at the dispenser bottle top end, the container portion defining a container hollow, the dispenser portion having a tapered top dispenser portion inner wall that defines a dispenser conduit whose inner diameter becomes increasingly narrower along the dispenser portion from the container hollow towards the dispenser mouth; the dispenser conduit partition assembly having a shaft, the shaft having a shaft top end protruding from the dispenser mouth, an elongated shaft body defining a shaft axial and an opposite shaft bottom end, the shaft bottom end having a multiplicity (N) of substantially identical partition members attached thereto; the shaft bottom end with the attached multiple partition members disposed in the dispenser conduit; each partition member comprised of a sheet of flexible elastic material of a small thickness, the partition member forming two opposing generally flat and smooth outer surfaces, each outer surface defining a perimeter of four partition member edges, the four partition member edges including a generally straight partition member shaft-attaching edge and an opposite partition member outer edge, the partition member shaft-attaching edge fixed to the shaft body along the shaft axial near the shaft bottom end, the multiple partition members extending outwardly away from the shaft axial; the partition member outer edge of each partition member having a tapered profile shape that is generally congruent with the tapered shape of the tapered top dispenser portion inner wall so that urging the conduit partition assembly shaft body towards the dispenser mouth causes the partition member tapered-profile shaped outer edge of each partition member to move closer to and substantially contact the tapered top dispenser portion inner wall, the multiplicity (N) of partition members partitioning the dispenser conduit to thereby form a corresponding multiplicity (N) of dispenser component conduits, so that when the dispenser bottle cylindrical bottom container portion is inverted in a generally vertical position, a corresponding multiplicity (N) of particle discharge flows are dispensed from the dispenser mouth, wherein the dispenser bottle and the included conduit partition assembly are constructed and arranged so that the conduit partition assembly shaft body is movable towards the dispenser mouth. 2. The dispenser bottle including a conduit partition assembly of claim 1, the dispenser conduit partition assembly comprising exactly three (3) partition members, thus N equals 3. 3. The dispenser bottle including a conduit partition assembly of claim 1, the dispenser conduit partition assembly comprising exactly four (4) partition members, thus N equals 4. 4. The dispenser bottle including a conduit partition assembly of claim 1, the dispenser conduit partition assembly comprising exactly five (5) partition members, thus N equals 5. 5. The dispenser bottle including a conduit partition assembly of claim 1, the dispenser conduit partition assembly further comprising a plug fixed to the shaft at the shaft top end, the plug forming a sealing surface facing the dispenser mouth, the sealing surface shaped so that urging the sealing surface towards the dispenser mouth causes the dispenser mouth to be sealed. 6. The dispenser bottle including a conduit partition assembly of claim 5, the dispenser conduit partition assembly comprising exactly two (2) partition members, thus N equals 2. 7. The dispenser bottle including a conduit partition assembly of claim 5, the dispenser portion being conical-shaped. 8. The dispenser bottle including a conduit partition assembly of claim 7, the dispenser mouth comprising a cylindrical-shaped neck. 9. The dispenser bottle including a conduit partition assembly of claim 8, the container hollow containing particles. 10. The dispenser bottle including a conduit partition assembly of claim 9, the particles comprising toner. 11. An image forming device comprising a dispenser bottle arranged to dispense toner particles, the dispenser bottle including a conduit partition assembly, the dispenser bottle having a dispenser bottle top end and an opposite dispenser bottle bottom end and comprising a tapered top dispenser portion and a cylindrical bottom container portion, the dispenser portion forming a dispenser mouth at the dispenser bottle top end, the container portion defining a container hollow, the dispenser portion having a tapered top dispenser portion inner wall that defines a dispenser conduit whose inner diameter becomes increasingly narrower along the dispenser portion from the container hollow towards the dispenser mouth; the dispenser conduit partition assembly having a shaft, the shaft having a shaft top end protruding from the dispenser mouth, an elongated shaft body defining a shaft axial and an opposite shaft bottom end, the shaft bottom end having a multiplicity (N) of substantially identical partition members attached thereto; the shaft bottom end with the attached multiple partition members disposed in the dispenser conduit; each partition member comprised of a sheet of flexible elastic material of a small thickness, the partition member forming two opposing generally flat and smooth outer surfaces, each outer surface defining a perimeter of four partition member edges, the four partition member edges including a generally straight partition member shaft-attaching edge and an opposite partition member outer edge, the partition member shaft-attaching edge fixed to the shaft body along the shaft axial near the shaft bottom end, the multiple partition members extending outwardly away from the shaft axial; the partition member outer edge of each partition member having a tapered profile shape that is generally congruent with the tapered shape of the tapered top dispenser portion inner wall so that urging the conduit partition assembly shaft body towards the dispenser mouth causes the partition member tapered-profile shaped outer edge of each partition member to move closer to and substantially contact the tapered top dispenser portion inner wall, the multiplicity (N) of partition members partitioning the dispenser conduit to thereby form a corresponding multiplicity (N) of dispenser component conduits, so that when the dispenser bottle cylindrical bottom container portion is inverted in a generally vertical position, a corresponding multiplicity (N) of toner particle discharge flows are dispensed from the dispenser mouth, wherein the dispenser bottle and the included conduit partition assembly are constructed and arranged so that the conduit partition assembly shaft body is movable towards the dispenser mouth. 12. The image forming device of claim 11, the dispenser conduit partition assembly comprising exactly three (3) partition members, thus N equals 3. 13. The image forming device of claim 11, the dispenser conduit partition assembly comprising exactly four (4) partition members, thus N equals 4. 14. The image forming device of claim 11, the dispenser conduit partition assembly comprising exactly five (5) partition members, thus N equals 5. 15. The image forming device of claim 11, in the dispenser bottle, the included dispenser conduit partition assembly further comprising a plug fixed to the shaft at the shaft top end, the plug forming a sealing surface facing the dispenser mouth, the sealing surface shaped so that urging the sealing surface towards the dispenser mouth causes the dispenser mouth to be sealed. 16. The image forming device of claim 15, the dispenser conduit partition assembly comprising exactly two (2) partition members, thus N equals 2. 17. The image forming device of claim 15, in the dispenser bottle, the dispenser portion being conical-shaped and the dispenser mouth comprising a cylindrical-shaped neck. 18. The image forming device of claim 15 comprising a copy machine. 19. The image forming device of claim 15 comprising a printer. 20. The image forming device of claim 15 comprising a facsimile machine.
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