Toner cartridge
First Claim
1. A toner cartridge extending generally in a longitudinal direction thereof, comprising:
- a fresh toner chamber extending in the longitudinal direction of the toner cartridge;
a waste toner chamber extending parallel to said fresh toner chamber and being aligned with said fresh toner chamber in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
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Abstract
A toner cartridge extending in a longitudinal direction thereof has a fresh toner chamber and a water toner chamber. The fresh toner chamber and waste toner chamber extend parallel to each other so that the fresh toner chamber and the waste toner chamber are aligned in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The waste toner chamber incorporates a toner-conveying member such as a screw conveyor. The screw conveyor extends between the opposed longitudinal ends, and causes the waste toner to move further into the waste toner chamber. The waste toner chamber has an entrance formed therein through which waste toner is received from a print process cartridge. The entrance opens yieldably when a waste toner exit enters the waste toner chamber through the entrance and closes when the waste toner exit moves out of the enters the waste toner chamber.
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17 Claims
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1. A toner cartridge extending generally in a longitudinal direction thereof, comprising:
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a fresh toner chamber extending in the longitudinal direction of the toner cartridge;
a waste toner chamber extending parallel to said fresh toner chamber and being aligned with said fresh toner chamber in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A toner cartridge attached to a print process cartridge, the toner cartridge having a waste toner chamber with an entrance through which a waste toner exit of the print process cartridge enters the waste toner chamber;
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wherein said entrance yieldably opens to direct waste toner from the waste toner exit into said waste toner chamber when a waste toner exit enters said entrance, wherein said entrance closes when a waste toner exit moves out of said entrance. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A toner cartridge and a print process cartridge to which the toner cartridge is received,
wherein the toner cartridge has a corresponding first engagement portion and the print process cartridge has a corresponding second engagement, wherein the toner cartridge is received into the print process cartridge only when the first engagement portion fits to the second engagement portion in mating engagement.
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