US 12,393,137 B2
Toner container having a shutter lock mechanism
Emily Stefano Adams, Lexington, KY (US); Brian Lester Boettcher, Versailles, KY (US); Brian Lee Hawes, Versailles, KY (US); Brittany Nicole Sexton, Lexington, KY (US); Glen Alan Reidhaar, Lexington, KY (US); and Edward Lynn Triplett, Lexington, KY (US)
Assigned to Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US)
Filed by LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., Lexington, KY (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/415,123.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/532,245, filed on Aug. 11, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/465,062, filed on May 9, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/449,643, filed on Mar. 3, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0044722 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0886 (2013.01) [G03G 21/1676 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0692 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1654 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toner container for use in an image forming device, comprising:
a body having a reservoir for holding toner;
a toner port on the body in fluid communication with the reservoir;
a shutter translatable along a first dimension between a closed position blocking the toner port and an open position unblocking the toner port; and
a lock translatable along a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension between a locked position blocking the shutter from moving from the closed position to the open position and an unlocked position unblocking the shutter permitting the shutter to move from the closed position to the open position.