Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cartridge and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17673156Application Date: 2022-02-16
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Publication No.: US11650538B2Publication Date: 2023-05-16
- Inventor: Hideki Kakuta , Toshiaki Takeuchi , Yu Akiba , Shuichi Gofuku , Tomofumi Kawamura , Yusuke Atsu , Joji Goto
- 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: JP 2019168215 2019.09.17 JP 2019168216 2019.09.17 JP 2019168217 2019.09.17 JP 2020129829 2020.07.31 JP 2020129830 2020.07.31 JP 2020129831 2020.07.31
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
A cartridge includes a first unit including a photosensitive member, and a second unit including a developer bearing member and a force receiving portion, the second unit being configured to be rotatable about a first axis to move with respect to the first unit between a first position and a second position. In a state where the first unit is in a same posture as when an image forming operation is performed, the second unit is disposed at the second position by its own weight. The developer bearing member is configured to be rotatable about a second axis. When seen in the direction of the first axis, a first distance between the force receiving portion and the second axis is smaller than a second distance between the first axis and the second axis and a third distance between the first axis and the force receiving portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220171328A1 CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-06-02
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