Patent ID: 7143465

Claim:
Apparatus for cleaning toner cartridges by means of compressed air, said apparatus comprising: at least one cleaning chamber ( 1 , 2 ); a conveyor line ( 3 ) leading through said at least one cleaning chamber ( 1 , 2 ), said conveyor line ( 3 ) having means ( 34 , 35 ) for conveying individual parts (M, T, G) of toner cartridges; compressed air nozzles ( 11 ) arranged in said cleaning chamber ( 1 , 2 ); and an extraction chamber ( 6 , 7 ) in line with said at least one cleaning chamber and above said conveyor line, said extraction chamber being arranged upstream of the first cleaning chamber ( 1 ) in the conveying direction and/or downstream of the last cleaning chamber ( 2 ) in the conveying direction, wherein the conveyor line ( 3 ) has a circulating endless grid ( 30 ) which forms a conveying plane, and the means of conveying individual parts (M, T, G) of toner cartridges comprise fingers ( 34 ) protruding from the conveying plane and pivotably mounted to said grid to be capable of being folded into the conveying plane.