Imaging Unit Drive; Imaging Unit Toner Recycling - Minolta EP3010 Manual

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Imaging Unit Drive

Drive for the Imaging Unit is transmitted by one of the gears on the Unit.
This particular gear is in mesh with the Imaging Unit Drive Gear in the copier.

Imaging Unit Drive

Gear (in Copier)
Coupling (in Copier)
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Imaging Unit Toner Recycling

The copier is provided with a toner recycling mechanism. The toner, which has been
scraped off the surface of the PC Drum by the Cleaning Blade and collected in the Cleaning
Unit, is conveyed by the two Toner Recycling Coils to the Toner Supply Port and, from
there, it is returned back to the Developer Mixing Chamber of the Developing Unit.
One of the gears of the Toner Recycling mechanism receives drive through a gear at the
rear end of the PC Drum.
Toner Recycling Path
Developer Mixing Screw Drive Gear
Toner Recycling Coil
M-18
Bucket Roller Drive Gear
Sleeve/Magnet Roller
Drive Gear
Toner Recycling Coil
Drive Gears
Toner Supply Port
Toner Recycling Coil
Bevel Gears
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