Process cartridge having drum cartridge, toner cartridge and waste toner conveyor tube
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShougo Sato, Hideshi Nishiyama, Aya Adachi, Atsushi Fukaya
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShougo Sato, Hideshi Nishiyama, Aya Adachi, Atsushi Fukaya
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A process cartridge having a drum cartridge and a toner cartridge is provided. The drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a cleaner, a conveyer tube, a developing roller, and a developing device. The toner cartridge is attachable to the drum cartridge and is located on a side of the developing roller opposite to the photosensitive drum in an attaching direction. The toner cartridge includes a waste toner container to store the toner conveyed through the conveyer tube and a toner container to store the toner to be supplied to the photosensitive drum. The toner container communicates with a developing chamber in the developing device and is located at least partly between the waste toner container and the developing chamber. The conveyer tube extends in the attaching direction and is arranged to overlap the photosensitive drum, the toner container, and the waste toner container in a view along an axial direction.
A process cartridge attachable to an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising a body and a fuser, the process cartridge comprising:
A process cartridge attachable to an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising a body and a fuser, the process cartridge comprising:
A toner cartridge detachably attachable to a drum cartridge, the drum cartridge being detachably attachable to a body of an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising a fuser, the drum cartridge comprising a photosensitive drum rotatable about an axis, a drum frame supporting the photosensitive drum, a cleaner configured to remove waste toner from the photosensitive drum, a conveyer tube configured to convey the waste toner removed from the photosensitive drum, and a developing device supported by the drum frame, the developing device comprising a developing roller configured to supply toner to the photosensitive drum and a developer frame comprising a developing chamber accommodating the developing roller, the toner cartridge comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.