Patent ID: 9122201
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus useful in printing comprising: a rotatable vessel configured to contain a toner, the rotatable vessel comprising a body section having a substantially round cross-section, a first end at one axial end of the body section, a second end axially distal the first end, and helical features on an internal surface of the body section configured to transport at least a portion of the toner in an axial direction between the first end and the second end as the rotatable vessel is rotated; and an insert configured to tumble and rotate within an inside portion of the rotatable vessel and agitate the toner as the rotatable vessel rotates, the insert comprising a coiled wire-form portion that comprises a right-hand wound portion, wherein the insert has a length greater than a distance between the first end of the body section and the second end of the body section.