Powder container
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The powder container shown in the drawings and described herein is configured to store powder, such as toner or carrier, for forming an image in an image forming apparatus, such as a copying machine or a printer. The powder container is arranged to be positioned with the image forming apparatus, and is configured to discharge the powder through a shutter portion according to a shortage of the powder.
The broken line showing of portions of the powder container is for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and forms no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a powder container, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 3, 2011
Date of Patent: Sep 11, 2012
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Tokyo)
Inventors: Yuki Oshikawa (Ayase), Hideo Yoshizawa (Saitama)
Primary Examiner: Garth Rademaker
Attorney: Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Application Number: 29/398,651