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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNoboru Koumura, Nagatoshi Konno, Seiichi Kato
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A cartridge containing toner is accommodated in an accommodating member and pulverized. The ambient in this accommodating member is then replaced with an inert gas. While the cartridge is pulverized, the toner and the inert gas in the accommodating member are exhausted, and an inert gas is supplied into the accommodating member.
A method, comprising:
A method of pulverizing a container containing a powder, comprising:
A method of processing a cartridge containing toner, comprising:
An apparatus for pulverizing a container containing a powder, comprising:
A method of processing a toner-containing cartridge of an image forming apparatus, comprising:
A method of pulverizing a container containing a powder, wherein after the container containing the powder is pulverized, the powder is separated from the pulverized product.
A method of pulverizing a container containing a powder, wherein after the container containing the powder is pulverized into a predetermined size or pulverized with a predetermined pulverizing force, the pulverized powder is collected while impact is given to the pulverized product containing the pulverized powder.
A method of pulverizing a container containing a powder, wherein after the powder contained in the container is collected while the container is pulverized, the powder is collected while the pulverized product is given vibrations.
A method of pulverizing a cartridge of an image forming apparatus, wherein after the cartridge of the image forming apparatus is pulverized, toner is separated from the pulverized product.
A method of pulverizing a cartridge of an image forming apparatus, wherein after the cartridge of the image forming apparatus is pulverized into a predetermined size or pulverized with a predetermined pulverizing force, the pulverized toner is collected while impact is given to the pulverized product containing the pulverized toner.
A method of pulverizing a cartridge of an image forming apparatus, wherein after toner is collected while the cartridge of the image forming apparatus is pulverized, the toner is collected while the pulverized product is given vibrations.
An apparatus for pulverizing a container containing a powder, comprising:
An apparatus for pulverizing a container containing a powder, comprising:
A powder collecting method wherein a container containing a powder is pulverized, the powder is separated by giving impact to the pulverized product, and the separated powder is collected by suction.
A method of collecting toner contained in a cartridge, wherein the cartridge containing the toner is pulverized, the toner is separated by giving impact to the pulverized product, and the separated toner is collected by suction.
An apparatus for pulverizing a container containing a powder, comprising:
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Recovery of plastics or other constituents of waste material containing plastics: disintegrating plastics, e.g. by milling
Within vertical containers: with drive arranged below container
Specially adapted for specific materials not otherwise provided for: specially adapted for breaking-up bottles
Auxiliary methods or auxiliary devices or accessories specially adapted for crushing or disintegrating not provided for in preceding groups or…
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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for pulverizing a container containing a powder and, more particularly, to a household electric appliance recycling technique for pulverizing a toner cartridge of an image forming apparatus and collecting various materials such as toner, plastic materials, metal materials, and rubber materials.
The process of collecting containers containing toner as an image forming material for use in image forming apparatuses such as copying machines and laser beam printers must be performed by taking influence on human bodies into consideration, since toner is a very fine powder.
If toner containers supplied to the market are directly discarded, a dust problem arises in processing plants. Especially when containers containing toner are pulverized as collected dust, dust explosion of the processing apparatus may be induced.
FIG. 1 schematically shows the arrangement of an apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
FIGS. 2 to 5 illustrate the process of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 shows control blocks of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1; and
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The first embodiment for achieving the first object of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.