Patent ID: 8768223
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An assembly for an imaging device, the assembly comprising: a developer unit and a toner cartridge, the developer unit and the toner cartridge being positionable so as to be in fluid communication with one another; the developer unit comprising: and the toner cartridge comprising: wherein, when the exit port of the toner cartridge is aligned with the entry port of the developer unit and the developer and cartridge shutters are in their respective second positions, toner leaves the toner cartridge through the toner path through the cartridge shutter and the exit port and enters the developer unit through the entry port while air entrained within the toner sump of the developer unit exits via the entry port and enters the reservoir of the toner cartridge via the exit port, the air duct and the passageway thereby equalizing pressure between the toner cartridge and the developer unit.