Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drum unit, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17117257Application Date: 2020-12-10
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Publication No.: US11334017B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Shigemi Kamoshida , Yu Fukasawa
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2015-193826 20150930
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
A drum unit usable with a process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum having an axis L1; and a coupling member having an axis L2 and connected to an end portion of the photosensitive drum, the coupling member being provided with a projection extending toward an end portion of the coupling member, wherein the coupling member is movable along the axis L2 between a first position, and a second position in which the projection is closer to the photosensitive drum than in the first position, wherein the projection is provided with a force receiving portion for receiving a rotational force and an outer surface facing away from the axis L2, and wherein at least a part of the outer surface is more distant from the axis L2 as is further from the photosensitive drum in a direction of the axis L1.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210088958A1 DRUM UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-03-25
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