Remanufacturing method for process cartridge
US6643481B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1648
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A remanufacturing method for a process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes (a) a unit separating step of separating the first and second units from each other by removing a pair of connecting members for connecting them; (b) a developing roller dismounting step of dismounting the developing roller from the second unit having been thus separated; (c) a second end seal mounting step of mounting a second end seal in contact with or adjacent to an outside of a first end seal which is provided at each of one and the other longitudinal ends of the developing roller; (d) a developer refilling step; (e) a developing roller remounting step; (f) a unit re-coupling step; by which the process cartridge is remanufactured without mounting a toner seal to the developer supply opening having been unsealed by removing a toner seal when the process cartridge has been used.
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