| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more reliably perform flushing of the interior of a toner container containing toner. <P>SOLUTION: In the method for flushing the toner container, while washing water W is spouted in a longitudinal direction S of a toner cartridge 12 and a direction orthogonal with the longitudinal direction from a nozzle 10 formed at the tip of a cleaning head 100 and nozzles 104 formed over the entire circumference in a circumferential direction on the peripheral surface of the tip portion, the cleaning head 100 is put into and out of an aperture 16 to clean the toner cartridge and thereby, the wash water is sprayed to the entire area within the toner cartridge 12 and the toner is completely flushed away. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
