Patent ID: 8942593
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A method of removing the imaging drum of a desktop laser printer and LCD printer or copier or multifunction device cartridge, the imaging drum having a main casing defining a drum interior, stub bearings attached to the casing at either end thereof positioned respectively in support bearings attached to the body of the cartridge, the method comprising the steps of applying pressure to either one or both of the stub bearings in an axial direction with respect to the imaging drum to dislodge one or both of the stub bearings from their normal position, and continuing to apply said pressure to force the stub bearing(s) bodily intact into the drum interior main casing which otherwise remains intact, and out of the support bearing(s) thereby to allow the main casing as a whole with the stub bearings there inside to be released from the cartridge.