摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the manpower and the time required for discarding the waste toner of a recovered toner cartridge and cleaning a waste toner storage section. <P>SOLUTION: In a toner cartridge, a fresh toner storage section 20 storing fresh toner T1 supplied to a developing unit and the waste toner storage section 30 storing the waste toner T2 removed from the surface of an image carrier are integrally constituted and the toner cartridge is replaced when the fresh toner T1 in the fresh toner storage section 20 is depleted. The waste toner storage section 30 is composed of a cartridge case 40 and a waste toner storage bag 50 stored in the cartridge case 40 and the waste toner storage bag 50 is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the cartridge case 40. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |