Process cartridge with component geometry suitable for recycle of same
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroki Mori
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Abstract
A process cartridge is disclosed which is detachably mounted on an apparatus for forming an image using toner, and which has a process cartridge housing. The process cartridge housing includes: a smoothed surface portion including an inner face and an outer face; at least one protruding portion formed on the smoothed surface portion so as to protrude therefrom; and a structure having a surface configured for physically facilitation removal of the toner form the process cartridge housing, once attached thereto.
Claims17
A developer cartridge for use in an apparatus for forming an image using toner in an electro-photographic manner, comprising:
- a developer cartridge housing;
- a toner storage chamber formed within the developer cartridge housing for storage of the toner;
- a tubular portion protruding outwardly from the developer cartridge housing for communication between the toner storage chamber and an external space;
- and
- at least one neighboring component disposed at an outer face of the developer cartridge housing in the proximity of the tubular portion,
- wherein the tubular portion is higher than the at least one neighboring component in terms of a height measured outwardly from the developer cartridge housing in a direction that the tubular portion protrudes outwardly from the developer cartridge housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.