Patent ID: 7725060
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A skirt for attachment to a shaft of a toner cartridge paddle, comprising: a body having an upper edge, a continuous lower edge and two side edges with the upper edge and lower edge being parallel to one another; a plurality of spaced apart tapered beams extending along said body between the upper and lower edges and attached to the upper and lower edges of the body; each of the tapered beams having a first end dimension B adjacent the upper edge and a second end dimension b adjacent the lower edge; each of the plurality of beams having tapered edges between the first end and the second end defining a ratio R defined by dimensions b/B being from about 0 to 0.9 for inhibiting creep deflection; and a plurality of spaced apart mounting apertures extending along the upper edge of the body for mounting the body to the shaft of the toner paddle.