US 12,135,521 B2
Toner cartridge having front cover
Jeonghyun Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Jongin Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); and Janghyun Son, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/014,739
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/059071
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/010521, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0082712 (KR), filed on Jul. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0273565 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1647 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0872 (2013.01); G03G 15/0875 (2013.01); G03G 21/1676 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1654 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toner cartridge comprising:
a housing having a front end and comprising a first combining portion; and
a front cover to be attached to the front end of the housing in a longitudinal direction and including a first locking portion to which the first combining portion is to be attached, and a notch portion in the first locking portion so that the first locking portion is breakable by an external force applied in a direction in which the front cover is spaced apart from the housing in the longitudinal direction, wherein the first combining portion includes a combining protrusion,
the first locking portion includes an insertion hole into which the combining protrusion is inserted and a hook portion that extends from a first edge of the insertion hole in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction toward a second edge of the insertion hole facing the first edge to be hooked to an end of the combining protrusion toward the housing, and
the hook portion is spaced apart from the second edge.