Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process cartridge and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US13953865Application Date: 2013-07-30
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Publication No.: US08971760B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Akira Yoshimura , Kazunari Murayama , Susumu Nittani , Atsushi Numagami
- Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2006-004106 20060111; JP2006-346270 20061222
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a drum unit containing the drum, a developing unit containing the roller and being movable so the roller contacts and is spaced from the drum, and a first force receiver receiving a force from a main-assembly first force applier by movement of a door from open to closed positions when mounting the cartridge and a second force receiver movable from a stand-by position by movement of the first force receiver by a force received from the first force applier. The second force receiver takes a projected position receiving a force from the second force applier to move the developing unit so the roller moves out of contact with the drum, the projected position being higher than the stand-by position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130315622A1 PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-11-28
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