Patent ID: 6987937
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A method of making a reassembled toner cartridge comprising: disassembling a depleted toner cartridge having a hopper section containing a toner port and having a first mating surface interfacing with a second mating surface of a roller section along the plane of which interfacing said mating surfaces the hopper section and the roller section are ultrasonically welded together; separating said roller section from said hopper section along the plane of the ultrasonic weld; installing a toner port seal in said hopper section; filling the hopper section with toner; aligning the hopper section and the roller section with said first mating surface of the hopper section interfacing with said second mating surface of the roller section; ultrasonically re-welding the hopper section and the roller section together along the plane of their interfacing mating surfaces.