Rewelded cartridge and method of manufacture

Abstract

A reassembled laser toner cartridge and method of manufacture in which the hopper section and roller section of a previously depleted toner cartridge are rewelded together by ultrasonic welding along the length sections after an ancillary energy director strip has been positioned between the sections where the roller section interfaces with the hopper section to provide a laser toner cartridge that has the same or nearly the same specifications as the original equipment manufactured cartridges.

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         3 . A reassembled toner cartridge comprising:
 a. a previously depleted toner hopper section;   b. a roller section; and   c. ancillary energy director material ultrasonically fused to the hopper section and ultrasonically fused to the roller section to form the reassembled cartridge.