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US 2006/0133847 A1Published application
System and a method for sealing a cartridge
AssigneeT.T.I. International, Inc.
InventorKevin Burton
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AssigneeT.T.I. International, Inc.
InventorKevin Burton
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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 port of the toner hopper. The toner hopper and a shutter drum assembly are separated at a first end of the cartridge. An ultrasonic welder welds a first side at the first end of the cartridge and then welds a second side at the first end of the cartridge. The ultrasonic welder seals the first end of the cartridge by bonding the shutter drum assembly to the toner hopper at the first end of the cartridge. A welding jig maintains alignment of the shutter drum assembly and the toner hopper during reassembly and/or aligns the first side and/or the second side of the cartridge prior to welding by the ultrasonic welder.
A system for sealing a cartridge having a drum assembly and a toner hopper wherein the cartridge has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end wherein the cartridge has a continuous weld between the drum assembly and the toner hopper from the first end to the second end of the cartridge and further wherein the cartridge has a first side and a second side wherein the first side and the second side connect the first end to the second end of the cartridge, the system comprising:
A method for sealing a cartridge wherein the cartridge has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end wherein the cartridge has a drum assembly welded to a toner hopper from the first end to the second end and further wherein the cartridge has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side wherein the first side and the second side connect the first end to the second end of the cartridge, the method comprising the steps of:
A system for sealing a cartridge having a drum assembly and a toner hopper wherein the drum assembly is attached to the toner hopper between a first end and a second end of the cartridge wherein the second end is opposite to the first end of the cartridge and further wherein the cartridge has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side wherein the first side and the second side connect the first end to the second end of the cartridge, the system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.