TONER CARTRIDGE FOR USE IN AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

The present invention refers to a toner cartridge for use in an image forming device. Comprising a housing having a top, a bottom, a front, and a rear positioned between a first side and a second side of the housing. The housing defines a reservoir for containing toner therein and has an elongated shape extending from the first side to the second side. The cartridge further comprises an exit port in fluid communication with the reservoir and facing downward on the front of the housing near the first side and a toner delivery system for transferring toner from the reservoir out of the exit port. The toner delivery system includes a main interface gear for providing rotational power to the toner delivery system with a portion of the main interface gear being exposed on the front of the housing near the top of the second side and engagable with a corresponding drive gear in the image forming device. The cartridge further comprises a projection projecting from the front of the housing spaced from exit port toward the first side of the housing with the projection extending further forward than a frontmost portion of the exit port. A front of the projection is unobstructed for engaging a shutter on a developer unit when the toner cartridge is inserted into the image forming device. The projection includes a forward projecting portion that extends away from the front of the housing as well as a knob that extends towards the first side of the housing from the front of the forward projecting portion.