KR101830731B1 - recycling toner protected by catridge seal and paper sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a recycling toner cartridge protected by an integrated protective means formed by integrating insertion-type cartridge seal and paper sheet with releasable adhesive tape. When the paper sheet is released from the recycling toner cartridge, the insertion-type cartridge seal is also released from the recycling toner cartridge. In addition, it is possible to prevent the insertion-type cartridge seal from being detached from the paper sheet during the detaching operation of the insertion-type cartridge seal. Moreover, it is possible to prevent the paper sheet from being torn.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toner cartridge,

The present invention relates to a remanufactured toner cartridge in which an insertion-type cartridge seal and a paper sheet are protected by a protective means integrated with each other.

Toner, which is a core component used mainly in laser printers and copying machines, is a very expensive and consumable consumable, and once consumed and discarded, it becomes an industrial waste that not only wastes resources but also adversely affects the natural environment. It is economically and environmentally desirable to use the resources in Korea, which depend on imports.

Generally, in a laser printer, a negative charge is uniformly charged on a photosensitive drum (OPC Drum, Organic Photo Conductor Drum) by a charge roller (PCR, Primary Charging Roller), and a laser beam is scanned on a portion to be printed of the photosensitive drum And a toner powder stored in a toner filling cylinder is supplied to the photosensitive drum by a developing roller to develop the electrostatic latent image into a visible image, and the toner image is transferred onto a paper sheet and fused to print a desired image.

On the other hand, the toner is provided with an integral type toner having both a toner portion composed of a toner filling and developing roller, a drum portion made up of a photosensitive drum and a charging roller, and a toner portion having only a toner portion of the toner filling and developing roller without a photosensitive drum and a charging roller Or a separable toner consisting of only a toner filling cylinder.

Regardless of which type of toner is used, the toner once used is re-manufactured by recharging the toner powder after disassembly and replacing it in accordance with the condition of the photosensitive drum or various rollers.

On the other hand, the present applicant has found that in the high temperature and high humidity environment, the paper sheet prevents the contact between the photosensitive drum and the charging roller to protect the photosensitive drum, and the paper sheet absorbs moisture to fundamentally block the radiation of the chemical substance from the charging roller And proposed a technique for protecting a remanufactured toner cartridge by a patent registration No. 10-1685070 entitled " Recycled Toner Cartridge Protected by Paper Sheet "(registered on December 5, 2016).

The present applicant also has a Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0563807 entitled " Toner Cartridge Seal "(Registered on March 3, 2006), which is a toner cartridge seal used in cartridges such as laser printers, copiers, A sealing member for a cartridge which is attached to a main body of the toner cartridge and is configured to be insertable into an opening and closing member and inserted into the frame member for opening and closing in an openable and closable structure and inserted into a frame member for sealing before use to prevent toner powder outflow and moisture, (Hereinafter referred to as an " insert type cartridge seal " in the present invention) inserted into a frame for a seal such that the toner can be separated from the seal frame member, wherein the seal frame member and the seal opening / closing member And is slidably inserted into the toner cartridge from the outside. According to this technique, in order to separate the seal opening / closing member, it is sufficient to pull out the end portion of the seal opening / closing member.

Also, according to this technique, a part of the seal opening / closing member must protrude out of the toner cartridge to be pulled out, so that the packaging material vinyl packing the toner cartridge is formed to be very large so as to include the end portion of the protruded seal opening and closing member .

In addition, according to this technique, the user may attach the toner cartridge to a printer or the like without separating the seal opening / closing member.

Such toner seals and paper sheets are provided separately and their function is also irrelevant.

However, the seal of the toner and the paper sheet protect the toner until the remanufactured toner cartridge is used and must be removed from the toner immediately before use, and it is desirable that the toner be removed from the toner and then mounted on another toner and reused It is common.

Also, although the seal of the toner can be used relatively constantly in remanufactured toner cartridges, there is a difference in that the paper sheet is likely to be torn or damaged during handling, and therefore reused to protect the remanufactured toner cartridges depending on the condition or recycled to paper have.

Patent Registration No. 10-0563807 "Toner Cartridge Seal" (Registered on March 3, 2006) Patent Registration No. 10-1685070 "Paper sheet protected recycled toner cartridge" (registered on December 5, 2016)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a remanufactured toner cartridge in which an insertable cartridge seal and a paper sheet are protected by protection means integrated with each other by a re- The insertion-type cartridge seal is also released from the remanufactured toner cartridge when the sheet is released from the remanufacturing toner cartridge, and the insertion-type cartridge seal is prevented from being detached from the paper sheet during the releasing operation of the insertion-type cartridge seal, So as to prevent tearing of the toner cartridge.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remanufactured toner cartridge including a toner filling cylinder in which at least toner powder is stored; A paper sheet wrapped partially or entirely of the remanufactured toner cartridge to protect the remanufactured toner cartridge; A sealing end which is inserted into the remanufactured toner cartridge for sealing the toner filling cylinder of the remanufacturing toner cartridge, the one end of which is a longitudinally extending strip having a first width, A plurality of points extending in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the engaging body are formed on one or both sides of the engaging body after the band having the second width is extended in the longitudinal direction to form a rectangular engaging body, An insertion type cartridge seal forming a coupling end for engaging with the paper sheet in a form in which a wear groove is formed; Like cartridge seals are simultaneously adhered to one side of the paper sheet and the other side of the engaging end of the insertable cartridge seals while the one end of the engaging end of the insertable cartridge seals is in contact with one side of the paper sheet, A releasable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape bonded to a paper sheet; Wherein the re-peelable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape is adhered to one surface of the paper sheet through the outside of the coupling body and the plurality of pointing grooves to prevent the insertion-type cartridge seal from being separated from the paper sheet Thereby preventing the paper sheet from being torn.

Wherein the second width of the engaging end portion of the insertion-type cartridge seal is wider than the first width, and the plurality of spot-fitting grooves are alternately arranged in the width direction of the engaging body along the longitudinal direction of the engaging body And the coupling end has a zigzag shape.

As described above, the present invention provides a remanufactured toner cartridge in which the insertable cartridge seal and the paper sheet are protected by the protective means integrated with each other by the re-releasable adhesive tape, so that when the paper sheet is detached from the remanufactured toner cartridge, The toner cartridge is also detached from the remanufactured toner cartridge, and the re-manufactured toner cartridge, which prevents the insertion-type cartridge seal from being detached from the paper sheet and can prevent the paper sheet from being torn when the insertion- .

Further, since the insertion type cartridge seal is also detached from the remanufactured toner cartridge when releasing the paper sheet from the remanufacturing toner cartridge, the user does not have the risk of mounting the toner to the printer or the like without detaching the inserted cartridge seal.

Further, the present invention is advantageous in that the size of the packaging material package for packing the toner can be greatly reduced since the engagement end of the insertion-type cartridge seal is coupled to the paper sheet.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a front view of a cartridge cartridge for insertion according to the first embodiment of the present invention and a remanufactured toner cartridge protected by a paper sheet; Fig.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of Fig. 1,
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the remanufactured toner cartridge shown in Fig. 2 separated from the cartridge seals for insertion and the paper sheet,
4 is a top view of the cartridge seat for insertion and the paper sheet,
Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of Figure 4,
Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of Fig. 4,
Fig. 7 shows an example of the indication according to the product safety standard, which is dangerous due to the law on the registration and evaluation of chemicals printed on paper sheets,
Fig. 8 is a front view of a cartridge cartridge for insertion according to the second embodiment of the present invention and a re-manufacturing toner cartridge protected by a paper sheet; Fig.
Fig. 9 is a perspective view of Fig. 8,
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the remanufactured toner cartridge shown in FIG. 9 separated from the cartridge seal for insertion and the paper sheet; FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention in the drawings, portions not related to the description are omitted, and like reference numerals are given to similar portions throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Fig. 1 is a front view of a cartridge cartridge for insertion according to the first embodiment of the present invention and a remanufactured toner cartridge protected by a paper sheet, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of Fig. 1, 4 is a plan view of the cartridge seals for insertion and the paper sheet, Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of Fig. 4, Fig. 6 is a cross- And FIG. 7 is an example of an indication according to a product safety standard, which is a concern due to the law on the registration and evaluation of chemicals printed on a sheet of paper.

This embodiment largely comprises the remanufactured toner cartridge 100, the paper sheet 200, the insertable cartridge seal 300, the re-peelable adhesive tape 400, and the like.

As described above, the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 is divided into an integral type toner and a separable type toner, and in the present embodiment, the integral type toner will be used as a reference.

Therefore, the present remanufactured toner cartridge 100 includes both a toner portion composed of a toner-filled transfer developing roller in which toner powder is stored, and a drum portion made up of a photosensitive drum and a charging roller.

The remanufactured toner cartridge 100 is protected by the protecting means 10. [

The protective means 10 of this embodiment comprises a paper sheet 200, an insertable cartridge seal 300, and a releasable adhesive tape 400.

First, the paper sheet 200 will be described.

The paper sheet 200 is attached to the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 to protect the remanufactured toner cartridge 100.

In this embodiment, one end of the paper sheet 200 is inserted between the photosensitive drum and the charging roller after passing through the slot for the laser beam of the remanufacturing toner cartridge 100, thereby separating the photosensitive drum and the charging roller from each other.

On the other hand, the other end of the paper sheet 200 is rounded so as to cover a portion of the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 while covering the exposed surface of the photosensitive drum while extending from one end of the paper sheet 200.

Therefore, the exposed portion of the photosensitive drum is exposed inside the rounded area of the paper sheet 200 to protect the photosensitive drum.

On the other hand, one end of the paper sheet 200 is inserted and fixed between the photosensitive drum and the charging roller, and the other end of the paper sheet 200 is fixed to the surface of the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 by a separate fixing means. As a separate fixing means, an adhesive tape, an adhesive tape, or the like can be adopted.

The technique of protecting the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 by the paper sheet 200 as described above is described in detail in Patent Registration No. 10-1685070 "Recycled Toner Cartridge Protected by Paper Sheet" (Registered on December 5, 2016) So that detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, in the paper sheet 200, a guide for the user (for example, "Drum protector, please remove before the toner is installed") is printed, Indications may be printed in accordance with product safety standards.

Next, the insertion type cartridge seal 300 will be described.

The re-manufactured toner cartridge 100 is provided with a frame member for sealing (not shown) (or a frame member for a seal) so that the inserted cartridge seal 300 can be slidably inserted, The insertable cartridge seals 300 are inserted into the seal frame members to prevent the toner powder from flowing out and protect the toner powder from moisture. In use of the remanufactured toner cartridge 100, the insertable cartridge seals 300 are detached So that the toner powder can be discharged from the toner filling cylinder.

That is, the insertable cartridge seal 300 is inserted into or separated from the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 (specifically, the seal frame member) to seal the toner filling cylinder of the remanufactured toner cartridge 100.

The technique for such an insertion type cartridge seal 300 is described in detail in Patent Registration No. 10-0563807 "Toner Cartridge Seal" (Registered on March 3, 2006), and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In this embodiment, one end of the insertable cartridge seal 300 is a sealing end 310 that is inserted into the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 to seal the toner filling cylinder of the remanufactured toner cartridge 100.

The conventional insertion type cartridge seal 300 is pulled out by the user and separated from the remanufactured toner cartridge 100.

However, in the present embodiment, the insertable cartridge seals 300 are detached from the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 together with the paper sheet 200 while separating the paper sheet 200 from the remanufactured toner cartridge 100.

In order to separate the insertable cartridge seals 300 together with the paper sheets 200, the other end of the insertable cartridge seals 300 forms the engaging end 320 that is coupled to the paper sheet 200.

The engaging end portion 320 is a portion for engaging the paper sheet 200 and has a special shape for preventing the insertion type cartridge seal 300 from being separated from the paper sheet 200 and preventing the paper sheet 200 from being torn .

The insertion type cartridge seal 300 will be described in detail.

The insert type cartridge seal 300 is a plastic film (or a plastic sheet) having a thickness of 0.05 to 0.3 mm cut in a predetermined shape. The plastic film may be selected from a polycarbonate film, a polystyrene film, a PVC film and the like.

On the other hand, the insertable cartridge seals 300 are made of a transparent material, but are shown in an opaque state for convenience of understanding.

The shape of the insertion-type cartridge seal 300 will be described in detail.

The sealing end 310 is in the form of a strip having a first width w1 extending in the longitudinal direction.

In contrast, in the state in which the joining end portion 320 has a rectangular coupling body 321 having a second width w2 wider than the first width w1 and extending in the longitudinal direction, A plurality of spot-wearing grooves 322 are formed alternately along the longitudinal direction of the engaging body 321 on both sides in the width direction of the drag body 321 so that the engaging end 320 has a zigzag shape.

That is, the pointing wearing groove portion 322 extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the joining body 321, and the pointing wearing groove portion 322 formed on one side in the width direction and the pointing wearing groove portion 322 formed on the other side in the width direction Are alternately formed along the longitudinal direction of the coupling body (321).

The reattachable pressure sensitive adhesive tape 400 is adhered to the end 320 of the insertion type cartridge seal 300 in a state where one side of the end 320 of the insertion type cartridge seal 300 is in contact with one side of the paper sheet 200, Is attached to one side of the paper sheet 200 at the same time to engage the engaging end 320 of the insertable cartridge seal 300 with the paper sheet 200.

The re-peelable adhesive tape 400 refers to an adhesive tape having re-peelability, which can be peeled off without adhering to the adherend after the adhesive is adhered for a predetermined period or without cutting the base sheet.

The reason for adopting the re-peelable adhesive tape 400 is that the insertable cartridge seal 300 can be separated from the paper sheet 200. The re-peelable adhesive tape has a lower adhesive force than general adhesive tape, I have sex.

At this time, the re-peelable adhesive tape 400 is adhered to the one side of the paper sheet 200 through the outside of the binding body 321 and the plurality of the dot-on grooves 322, The sheet 200 is prevented from being detached from the sheet 200 and the paper sheet 200 is prevented from being torn.

If the shape of the joining end 320 is the same as that of the sealing end 310, that is, the second width and the first width are the same width, and the joining end portion 320 is formed with the spotting groove portion 322 The insertion type cartridge seal 300 may be detached from the paper sheet 200 or the paper sheet 200 may be torn by impact if the paper sheet 200 is pulled strongly to pull the insertion cartridge seal 300 apart. .

On the other hand, in this embodiment, a large amount of adhesion area between the re-peelable adhesive tape 400 and the paper sheet 200 can be ensured, and in particular, the adhesive force of the insertable cartridge seal 300 Releasable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape 400 is adhered to the paper sheet 200 via the pointing wearing groove portion 322 extending in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the removable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape 400 is pulled 300 to prevent the escape of the main body 100.

In addition, the zigzag-shaped coupling end 320 does not interfere with the smooth bending of the paper sheet 200, even though the relatively rigid insert-type cartridge seal 300 is attached to the relatively soft and flexible paper sheet 200, .

In FIGS. 1 and 2, it can be seen that the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 is protected by the protection means 10. FIG.

3, the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 is detached from the protecting means 10 and the protecting means 10 is shown on the basis of a state of protecting the remanufactured toner cartridge 100, Is protected by the protection means (10).

When the protective means 10 is detached from the remanufacturing toner cartridge 100, that is, when the paper sheet 200 is pulled out and separated in the state of FIGS. 1 and 2, the inserted cartridge seal 300 is also separated from the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 100). At this time, there is no danger that the insertion type cartridge seal 300 is separated from the paper sheet 200 or the paper sheet 200 is torn in spite of such pulling force.

Meanwhile, the insertable cartridge seals 300 are reused in the other remanufactured toner cartridge 100, and the paper sheet 200 is also reused in the other remanufactured toner cartridge 100.

In the case of the paper sheet 200, it can be recycled as paper according to its state.

Therefore, the protection means 10 according to the present invention, that is, the paper sheet 200 and the insertion type cartridge seal 300 are not discarded at all, thereby contributing to environmental protection.

Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the cartridge cartridge for insertion and the remanufactured toner cartridge protected by the paper sheet according to the second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 9 is a perspective view of FIG. 8, Is separated from the cartridge seat for insertion and the paper sheet.

In the present embodiment, the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 is a detachable toner, which has a toner portion composed of a toner-filled developing roller, and does not have a photosensitive drum and a charging roller.

In this embodiment, the paper sheet 200 is rounded so as to entirely surround the remanufactured toner cartridge 100. [

Therefore, the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 is located inside the rounded area of the paper sheet 200, and the developing roller and the housing of the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 are protected.

Both ends of the paper sheet 200 are fixed to each other by separate fixing means, and as an additional fixing means, an adhesive tape, an adhesive tape, or the like can be adopted.

Since the structure of the paper sheet 200 is the same as that of the first embodiment, the remaining portions will be described with reference to the first embodiment, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a protective means in which the paper sheet 200 and the insertion-type cartridge seal 300 are integrated with each other may be provided as in the present invention in order to protect the detachable remanufactured toner cartridge composed of only the toner filling cylinder.

In some cases, the remanufactured toner cartridge 100 may be of a type that does not have a frame member for sealing (or a 'seal member'). In this case, the inserted cartridge seal 300 is not inserted into the frame member for sealing, Can be inserted directly into the production toner cartridge.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the embodiments described above are intended to be illustrative, but not limiting, in all respects. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

10: Protection means
100: Remanufactured toner cartridge
200: Paper sheet
300: Insertion type cartridge seal
310: sealing end
320: coupling end
321: coupling body
322: Spot wear groove
400: releasable adhesive tape

Claims (2)

A remanufacturing toner cartridge comprising at least a toner filling cylinder in which toner powder is stored;
A paper sheet wrapped partially or entirely of the remanufactured toner cartridge to protect the remanufactured toner cartridge;
A sealing end which is inserted into the remanufactured toner cartridge for sealing the toner filling cylinder of the remanufacturing toner cartridge, the one end of which is a longitudinally extending strip having a first width, A plurality of points extending in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the engaging body are formed on one or both sides of the engaging body after the band having the second width is extended in the longitudinal direction to form a rectangular engaging body, An insertion type cartridge seal forming a coupling end for engaging with the paper sheet in a form in which a wear groove is formed;
Like cartridge seals are simultaneously adhered to one side of the paper sheet and the other side of the engaging end of the insertable cartridge seals while the one end of the engaging end of the insertable cartridge seals is in contact with one side of the paper sheet, A releasable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape bonded to a paper sheet;
And,
The releasable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape is adhered to one surface of the paper sheet through the outside of the engaging body and the plurality of pointing grooves to prevent the insertion-type cartridge seal from being separated from the paper sheet, and the paper sheet is torn Wherein the cartridge cartridge comprises an insertable cartridge seal and a re-manufactured toner cartridge protected by a paper sheet.
The method according to claim 1,
The second width of the engaging end of the insertion-type cartridge seal is wider than the first width, and the plurality of pointing grooves are alternately formed along the longitudinal direction of the engaging body on both sides in the width direction of the engaging body, Wherein the engaging end has a zigzag shape. ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 >< / RTI >

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