Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and developing cartridge
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Application No.: US17367043Application Date: 2021-07-02
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Publication No.: US11550255B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Masato Tanabe , Masakazu Tatsumi , Tatsuro Harada
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JPJP2018-178956 20180925,JPJP2018-178957 20180925
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus including a photosensitive member, a developing cartridge that has a developing member, a developing frame, an end member attached to the developing frame, and a restricting portion restricting a swing movement of the end member, and an apparatus body to which the developing cartridge is attachable. The apparatus body includes a movement unit moving the developing cartridge from a first position to a second position, a positioning portion engaging with the end member when the developing cartridge is located at the second position, and a restriction releasing portion acting on the restricting portion with a movement of the developing cartridge from the first position to the second position and releasing restriction of the swing movement of the end member, the restriction releasing portion being provided at a part of the apparatus main body excluding the movement unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210333742A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE Public/Granted day:2021-10-28
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