Morrison & Foerster LLP
Imaging cartridge and image forming apparatus
An imaging cartridge has a process unit and a toner box unit formed by integrating a new toner box and a waste toner box. The toner box unit is attachable to and detachable from the process unit. Shutters which open and close a connecting section between the new toner box and a developing device included in the process unit can be opened by manual operation when the toner box unit is attached to the process unit. Shutters and which open and close a connecting section between a cleaning device included in the process unit and the waste toner box are opened when the imaging cartridge is in the process of being moved to a prescribed position in an apparatus body.
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
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Naoto Nozomu Hiroshi Isamu Takeshi
Yoshida Kondo Mizuno Kugimiya Hashimoto