Powder container for storing toner, carrier or the like

- Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Description

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

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

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

FIG. 4 is a top, rear 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; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines depict environmental subject matter only and form no part of the claimed design.

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.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D656181
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 5, 2010
Date of Patent: Mar 20, 2012
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Tokyo)
Inventors: Kenji Kikuchi (Zama), Hideki Kimura (Yokohama)
Primary Examiner: Garth Rademaker
Attorney: Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Application Number: 29/357,017
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