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Article: Alabama Inventor Develops Integrated Toner Cartridge
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 19, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- Steven Miller of Mobile, Ala., has developed a toner cartridge with a uni-body construction reduces the cost of production as well as reducing the chance of failure during use.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The toner cartridge includes a waste bin having a leading end that can be sculpted to mate with the cartridge-receiving cavities of a large number of printers. Additional improvements include an improved toner beater and sensing apparatus, the elimination of a pivotal motion between the elements of the cartridge, an enhanced method of determining the amount of toner remaining in the toner chamber, and an improved means of agitating the ...