Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pump-less toner dispensing cap
- Patent Title (中): 无泵调色剂分配盖
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Application No.: US13901752Application Date: 2013-05-24
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Publication No.: US08662357B2Publication Date: 2014-03-04
- Inventor: Charles A. Centofante , Brian S. Boothman
- Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Applicant Address: US MN Saint Paul
- Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Saint Paul
- Agent Aleksander Medved
- Main IPC: B65D88/54
- IPC: B65D88/54

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for dispensing toners. In one aspect, a cap and valve assembly is provided including a movable valve assembly, the movable valve assembly having a first position and a second position; a toner path, which when open is configured to allow toner to flow from a toner container to an output aperture; and an air inlet path, which when open is configured to couple an air source to the toner container; where in a first valve assembly position the toner path and the air inlet path are closed, and in a second valve assembly position the toner path aid the air inlet path are open.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130256341A1 PUMP-LESS TONER DISPENSING CAP Public/Granted day:2013-10-03
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