Invention Grant
US08478166B2 Electrophotographic image forming apparatus having removable cartridge with coupling member
有权
电子照相图像形成装置,具有带联接构件的可移除盒
- Patent Title: Electrophotographic image forming apparatus having removable cartridge with coupling member
- Patent Title (中): 电子照相图像形成装置,具有带联接构件的可移除盒
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Application No.: US12708787Application Date: 2010-02-19
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Publication No.: US08478166B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Nobuyoshi Hara , Masanari Morioka
- Applicant: Nobuyoshi Hara , Masanari Morioka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2009-045057 20090227
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02

Abstract:
A cartridge mountable in an image forming apparatus includes a rotatable member, a hollow cylindrical portion, having first and second inner grooves, that transmits a rotational force to the rotatable member, a coupling member having a spherical base portion and an axially movable pin penetrating the spherical base portion and having first and second end portions projected outside the base portion, and a limiting portion, provided in the first inner groove, for limiting axial movement of the pin. When the coupling member is inclined to a maximum extent within a predetermined inclination range, after movement of the pin is limited, so that the first end portion moves away, and the second end portion moves toward, the rotatable member, the first end portion is disengaged from the first inner groove, whereas the second end portion is engaged with the second inner groove.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100221036A1 CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-09-02
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