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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2024
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Go Iwasa, Nagoya, JP;
Shuhei Hatano, Komaki, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A recycling method of recycling a developing cartridge attachable to and detachable from a drum cartridge including a photosensitive drum is provided. The developing cartridge includes: a developing roller; a housing having a filling port; a lever; and a lever cover covering parts of the lever and the filling port. The recycling method includes: a jig mounting step of mounting a jig on both the housing and the lever; a cover removing step of removing the lever cover from the housing; a filling step of filling the housing with developer through the filling port after the cover removing step; a cover mounting step of mounting the lever cover on the housing after the filling step; and a jig removing step of removing the jig from the housing and the lever after the cover mounting step. The jig mounting step is performed before the cover mounting step at the latest.