Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process unit and image forming apparatus provided with the same
- Patent Title (中): 处理单元和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14380143Application Date: 2013-01-28
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Publication No.: US09250605B2Publication Date: 2016-02-02
- Inventor: Takashi Tokuda
- Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Keating & Bennett, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-038658 20120224
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/051740 WO 20130128
- International Announcement: WO2013/125300 WO 20130829
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
A process unit includes a first shaft portion at a first end of a photoreceptor drum that is fitted into a hole of a first receiving portion so as to move the photoreceptor drum from a front side of a mounting space to the inside of the mounting space. The photoreceptor drum is temporarily supported by a repulsive force of a cleaning blade and positioned in a predetermined position in the mounting space. Then, in order to cause a lock member to support a second shaft portion at a second end of the photoreceptor drum, the lock member is retracted against a biasing force of a biasing member. The second shaft portion at the second end of the photoreceptor drum is supported by the lock member by a restoring force of the biasing member, so that the photoreceptor drum is locked in a mounted state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150037066A1 PROCESS UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME Public/Granted day:2015-02-05
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