Patent ID: 9134687
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A waste toner bottle for an imaging device, comprising: a housing having a reservoir for storing toner, the reservoir having an upper region and a plurality of inlets into the reservoir to receive toner from the imaging device; and a tube positioned within the reservoir defining an auger path about the housing, the tube in fluid communication with the plurality of inlets and having a transfer auger disposed along the auger path to distribute the toner received from the imaging device in the reservoir, the tube extending from a position below the plurality of inlets upward into the upper region of the reservoir above the plurality of inlets to move the toner received from the imaging device into the upper region of the reservoir, wherein the tube extends from a first end of the reservoir to a second end of the reservoir in the upper region of the reservoir and the tube includes perforations in a bottom of the tube between the first end of the reservoir and the second end of the reservoir in the upper region of the reservoir to drop toner from the tube into the reservoir.