Image carrier toner unit and image forming apparatus

Abstract

The invention provides an image carrier toner unit and an image forming apparatus which impose less burden on a user, a maker and environment and give consideration to convenience in replacement by the user so that an evil resulting from market demands in recent years may be prevented. The image carrier toner unit is a unit constituted by integrating an image carrier, a supporting member configured to be integrated with the image carrier and supporting the image carrier, and a toner storage part configured to be integrated with the supporting member and storing toner for developing a latent image on the image carrier as a visible image, wherein the image carrier toner unit is detachably attached to a device on which the image carrier toner unit is installed. Therefore, the convenience in replacing work by the user is improved and the rise of running cost due to the replacement is restrained, then respective image forming means are replaced without wasting, so that less load is imposed on the environment.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an image-carrying body toner assembly and an image forming apparatus, in particular, to a replaceable image-carrying body toner assembly, and an image forming apparatus such as a copier, a printer, and a facsimile equipped with the image-carrying body toner assembly. forming device. technical background [0002] Conventionally, as in Patent Document 1, there has been proposed a so-called process cartridge in which at least one of a developing device, a charging device, and a cleaning device as an image forming mechanism is integrally formed with a photoreceptor and is detachable from an image forming apparatus. [0003] Such a process cartridge has an advantage that replacement and / or maintenance can be easily performed by the user without relying on a professional service person. That is, the process cartridge integrates the photoreceptor, the container of the cleaning device supporting the photoreceptor freely rotata...

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Problems solved by technology

Therefore, in recent years, the photoreceptor has been developed towards thinning, but the photoreceptor will be consumed by grinding and the like every time an image is formed by the cleaning blade. The number of times ends the life of the photoreceptor, resulting in a shortened life of the photoreceptor

[0014] 3. With colorization, the burden on the photoreceptor increases

In addition, the user has to replace and replenish the toner more frequently than the photoreceptor replacement frequency, which consumes more than the photoreceptor, which has traditionally been a burden on the user.

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