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7618507 Rewelded cartridge and method of manufacture  
A reassembled laser toner cartridge and method of manufacture in which the hopper section and roller section of a previously depleted toner cartridge are rewelded together by ultrasonic welding...
7609995 Device for helping toner cartridge recharging for printers  
Device for helping toner cartridge recharging for printers is presented. The device includes a supporting cable, perpendicularly engaged to a supporting structure having in one of its ends a...
7603055 Cover for image forming apparatus to facilitate parts recycling  
A cover for use in an apparatus includes a plate and at least one rib. The plate has an inner surface, and at the least one rib is formed on the inner surface of the plate to define one or more...
7590369 System and method for separating and repairing a laser toner cartridge  
Systems and methods for precision separation of the toner hopper section from the roller section of a spent plastic toner cartridge along the seam joining the two sections and without loss of...
7583912 Image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus manufacturing method  
An image forming apparatus includes: a pair of opposing covers; a recording part that forms an image on a sheet; a feed roller that feeds the sheet to the recording part; and a discharge roller...
7567768 Method and apparatus for reassembling a toner cartridge  
Techniques for remanufacturing a toner cartridge include providing the toner cartridge comprising an end plate secured to an end of the toner cartridge, removing the end plate from the toner...
7565091 Electrophotographic apparatus  
The present invention is an apparatus for refurbishing a fusing member. The apparatus includes a fusing member that contacts the toner image on a receiver medium and fuses the toner image to the...
7565090 Method of refilling developer cartridge, developer cartridge, and image forming apparatus  
In a method of refilling a developer cartridge, a container that contains an original developer manufactured by a polymerization method is prepared. A new developer manufactured by the...
7561824 System and method for remanufacturing imaging components  
Systems and methods of remanufacturing an imaging cartridge including the replacement an organic photo conductor (OPC) drum in the imaging cartridge having end caps which are fixedly secured to the...
7551859 Multiple region printer chip  
A toner cartridge having a microcontroller configured to store data necessary to create a message authentication code required by the printer. The microcontroller contains data values capable of...
7546062 Methods and apparatus for remanufacturing toner cartridges  
A method of removing a drum from a printer toner cartridge, the drum having a cylindrical body, the drum further having a pair of drum gears attached to each end of the drum, each drum gear being...
7542698 Systems and methods for manufacturing imaging components  
Systems and methods of remanufacturing an imaging cartridge include providing the imaging cartridge adapted to receive a signal from an imaging device and apply the signal to a component of the...
7522857 Toner, image forming apparatus using the same and process cartridge  
The object is to provide a toner which can be smoothly replenished by a toner replenishing device using a powder pump even when the toner contains a releasing agent, and an image forming apparatus...
7512360 Imaging cartridge having a universal body  
Provided is an imaging cartridge with a universal body sculpted to mate with the imaging cartridge-receiving cavity of a plurality of imaging machine models. The universal body of the imaging...
7509070 Device and method for spooling a cartridge toner seal  
A method of remanufacturing a seal spooling mechanism of a printer cartridge, the printer cartridge defining a seal passage, the seal passage providing access to a toner port of the cartridge to be...
7509062 Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively recycling image forming unit  
An image forming apparatus which allows an independent and easy replacement of replaceable image forming devices including an image forming unit detachably provided in the image forming apparatus....
7486905 Developer cartridge including developer filling port cap and recycling method thereof  
A cartridge includes: a casing having a wall defining a developer accommodating portion inside the casing, a filling port being formed through the wall in fluid communication with the developer...
7480472 Systems and methods for remanufacturing imaging components  
Systems and methods of remanufacturing an imaging cartridge including the replacement a rotatable member, such as an organic photo conductor (OPC) drum or toner adder roller, for example, in the...
7477864 Methods for imaging process cartridge modification  
Techniques are provided for modifying a printer cartridge and an imaging drum unit intended for installation in one type of printer to be installed in another type of printer or a plurality of...
7450880 Waste toner recycling  
A method for cleaning waste toner from an image forming apparatus is provided wherein the toner can be cleaned externally, repackaged and returned to the image forming apparatus like new. The toner...
7447464 Toner cartridge having a collapsible actuating structure  
An actuating structure formed in a toner cartridge adapted to actuate a physical sensor inside the printer which activates the printer when the door is closed. The actuating structure is displaced...
7424245 Systems and methods for remanufacturing imaging components  
Techniques for modifying an imaging cartridge includes providing the imaging cartridge including a body including a circuit holding structure sized to hold an electronic circuit and forming a...
7420169 Dicorotron wire assembly removal-insertion tool  
Electrostatic printing processes utilize corona-charging units. When those units wear out or become faulty, they need to be replaced. This embodiment provides a tool that can be used to remove a...
7398033 Systems and methods for remanufacturing imaging components  
A method of remanufacturing a replaceable consumable unit includes providing the replaceable consumable unit including a first electronic circuit, with the first electronic circuit being at least...
7373096 Toner hopper interconnection  
A toner cartridge includes a waste bin and hopper designed for the elimination of non-essential parts between the waste bin and the hopper via an enhanced interconnection between the waste bin and...
7366439 Method of remanufacturing cartridge and remanufactured cartridge  
A method of remanufacturing a cartridge detachably mountable in an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus body and composed of styrene-based resin compositions at least in part, characterized...
7356280 Electrophotographic photoreceptor and method of recycling the electrophotographic photoreceptor  
An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a cylindrical substrate including a photosensitive layer on an outer circumferential surface thereof and a flange adhesively fixed to at least one end...
7356279 Universal imaging cartridge  
Provided is a toner cartridge having a microcontroller configured to store data necessary to create a message authentication code required by the printer. The microcontroller contains data values...
7352982 Developer removal method and developer removal device  
A developing cartridge is placed on a supporting member such that a lengthwise direction of the developing cartridge is inclined with respect to the vertical and horizontal directions, collecting...
7333747 Toner cartridge seal assembly  
A seal assembly for use in an imaging cartridge includes a gasket having first and second sides, a removable handle attached to an end of the gasket, a removable seal having a first side adhered to...
7333738 Electronic apparatus, expendable item recycling apparatus, expendable item, electronic apparatus control method, expendable item recycling method, program, and computer-readable medium  
A technique is disclosed for storing in a recyclable expendable item used in an electronic apparatus first encrypted information generated by encrypting usable/unusable information pertaining to...
7321742 Image forming apparatus, drum unit, image forming module, and method of insertion and removal of a damper into and from an image carrier drum  
An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor belt formed by either a belt or a thin-walled cylinder. A charging unit that sets bias characteristics of the photoreceptor belt has an...
7305202 Method and apparatus for converting process cartridges to fit various types of printing machines  
A method for modifying a process cartridge includes providing the process cartridge comprising a waste bin having physical characteristics. The method further includes altering the physical...
7296341 Disassembling tool for process cartridge  
A disassembling tool pushes first and second coupling members out of a process cartridge that also has an electrophotographic photosensitive member, and first and second coupling members for...
7286774 Universal printer chip  
A toner cartridge having a microcontroller configured to store data necessary to create a message authentication code required by the printer. The microcontroller contains data values capable of...
7277660 Outer cover attachment structure, fixation member of apparatus, transportation method of apparatus, apparatus, and image formation device  
Provided is an outer cover attachment structure which achieves the reduction of burden for collecting and recycling used products from the market, the reduction of replacement parts, and cost...
7266326 Process cartridge remanufacturing method  
A process cartridge remanufacturing method including: detaching first and second covers, at one and the other longitudinal ends of a process cartridge, from drum and developing frames; detaching a...
7257348 Body member of a powder container  
The body member of a powder container of the present invention includes a bag-like powder storing body storing powder and formed with an opening at one end, and a base member affixed to the opening...
7257347 Developer containing device, image forming apparatus, and image forming system with housing sections welded together by vibration welding  
A developer containing device is provided with a housing that includes a first housing section and a second housing section and that is configured to contain a developer. A protrusion provided on...
7257346 Fusing roller regenerating apparatus in image forming apparatus and method thereof  
A fusing roller regenerating apparatus of a fusing device in an image forming apparatus includes a coating unit coating a fusing roller using a dip coating method to form a regenerated coating...
7248813 System and a method for sealing a cartridge  
A system and a method are provided for sealing a cartridge during a recharging or a refilling of a toner hopper of the cartridge with a toner. The cartridge is filled with the toner through a toner...
7239826 Method for repairing used fuser member  
A process for renewing an outer surface of a used fuser roller by removing debris particles from the surface including contacting the outer surface with a first finishing paper while simultaneously...
7236718 Printer cartridge modification  
A modified printer cartridge is disclosed. In one aspect, the modified printer cartridge includes a waste bin including a first location where at least a portion of a shutter fin has been removed;...
7231166 Consumable goods management system  
The present invention provides a consumable goods management tag, comprising: a rewritable memory for storing remaining quantity data representing a remaining quantity of consumable goods, and a...
7224922 Image fixing apparatus capable of changing surface condition of fixing rotary member and fixing rotary member for use therein  
A fixing apparatus including a rotatable member, a heater for heating the rotatable member, and control means which controls heat generation of the heater, wherein a toner image on a recording...
7212765 Systems and methods for remanufacturing imaging components  
A remanufactured toner cartridge comprising a toner hopper, a developer roller housing, end caps holding the waste bin and developer roller in a fixed position with respect to each other, and a...
7197633 Wireless machine post-launch configuration and option upgrade  
By providing a secure EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) device or other non-volatile memory (NVM) with a wireless interface as a system operation key (SOK) to control the...
7171139 Sleeve on a drum and changing said sleeve  
In replacing a sleeve on a printing machine drum, the diameter of the drum is reduced by moving the drum parts toward one another to facilitate removing the sleeve, and/or mounting another sleeve...
7162181 Remanufacturing method for process cartridge  
A process cartridge remanufacturing method including the steps of: separating photosensitive drum and developing units; dismounting a first side cover member; a dismounting a first gear group from...
7160407 Methods and apparatus for replacing a toner cartridge shutter  
Techniques are provided for repairing or remanufacturing a toner cartridge which includes a drum shutter and a toner cartridge body. The drum shutter includes a flexible covering portion attached...
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