ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 7 -- Ken Nozawa of Tokyo has developed a toner cartridge for an image forming apparatus.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner cartridge holds toner therein and is attached into an image forming apparatus. The toner cartridge has a mounting construction with a rotary member that is rotated about an axis to a position where the toner is discharged into the image forming apparatus. The mounting construction includes first and second engagement portions. The first engagement portion is formed on the rotary member, extending at an angle with the axis."An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The second engagement portion ...