RECONDITIONING OF ELECTROSTATOGRAPHIC CARTRIDGES

摘要

Electrostatic cartridges (10) having a gear housing assembly which blocks access to a toner fill hole (22) and which includes an interior gear housing component (18a) integral with a cartridge base (14) are remanufactured by severing the interior gear housing component (18a) and then reattaching it to the cartridge base (14) through the exterior gear housing component (18b). The one-piece interior gear housing assembly (18a) is severed preferably at a 5 degree angle relative to the cartridge base (14) providing unobstructed access to the original toner fill hole (22), thereby ensuring that the attachment bosses (30) on the cartridge base (14) are not damaged to an extent that would defeat their coupling function. Paired reattachment holes (40a, 40b and 42a, 42b) are formed in the interior and exterior gear housing components (18a and 18b) to allow them to be reattached to one another via screw (44) and nut (46) assemblies extending therethrough, where they may then be connected to the cartridge base (14) by screws (20).