Toner Recovery Auger - Toshiba 1550 Service Manual

11.2 Explanation of Functions
• Main blade
Scrapes the drum surface to remove the re-
sidual toner. The main blade is pressed on the
drum with a fixed pressure by the pressure
spring.
• Recovery blade
Collects the toner scraped off by the main blade.
•

Toner recovery auger

Transports the toner scraped off to the toner
bag on the rear side.
• Toner full switch
When the toner bag becomes full of recovered
toner, the toner recovery auger is forced to the
front, causing the toner full switch (S10) to be
turned on.
1550/1560 CLEANER
Toner recovery
auger
Toner full switch
11 - 2
Main blade
Drum
Recovery
blade
Mar. 1998 © TOSHIBA