ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- Darin L. Moore of Morrisville, N.C., Erick T. Colbert of Apex, N.C., and James H. Jones of Fayetteville, N.C., have developed an apparatus for reassembling a toner cartridge.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for remanufacturing a toner cartridge include providing the toner cartridge including an end plate secured to an end of the toner cartridge, removing the end plate from the toner cartridge, attaching an anchoring fixture to the end of the toner cartridge, and securing the end plate to the anchoring fixture of the toner cartridge."The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,333,750 on Feb. 19.The patent has been assigned to ...