Patent ID: 9436126
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A developer unit for an electrophotographic image forming device, comprising: a housing having a reservoir for storing toner; a roll mounted on the housing configured to supply toner from the reservoir to a photoconductive drum, the roll has an axis of rotation, the housing extends along an axial dimension of the roll from a front end of the housing to a rear end of the housing, the housing has a top, a bottom and a pair of sides that each extend between the front end and the rear end; an extension from the top of the housing near the front end of the housing; a toner inlet port in fluid communication with the reservoir and formed in the extension from the top of the housing; and a ramp on the top of the front end of the housing, the ramp is positioned in front of the extension and vertically below the toner inlet port and is aligned in a side-to-side dimension of the housing with the toner inlet port, the ramp includes an inclined surface that inclines upward as the inclined surface extends rearward relative to the housing; wherein the extension from the top of the housing includes a base portion that extends upward from the top of the housing and a pair of outer ledges that extend away from each other toward opposite sides of the housing at substantially the same height, the outer ledges are spaced above a top surface of the housing and run along a front-to-rear dimension of the housing, the toner inlet port is formed in a top of the base portion of the extension.