Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrophotographic image forming apparatus, developing apparatus, and coupling member
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Application No.: US17354145Application Date: 2021-06-22
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Publication No.: US11675308B2Publication Date: 2023-06-13
- Inventor: Masanari Morioka , Shigeo Miyabe , Takahito Ueno
- 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: JP 07076771 2007.03.23 JP 08073685 2008.03.21
- The original application number of the division: US16997014 2020.08.19
- Main IPC: G03G21/18
- IPC: G03G21/18 ; G03G15/01 ; F16D1/10 ; F16D3/04 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
A cartridge for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a developing roller, a rotatable member for transmitting a rotational force to the developing roller, a coupling member, and a frame. The coupling member is capable of moving between a first coupling member position in which the coupling axis is substantially coaxial with the rotational axis of the rotatable member and a second coupling member position in which the coupling axis is not coaxial with the rotational axis of the rotatable member. When the frame is in a first frame position, the coupling member is in the first coupling member position and a rotational force receiving portion of the coupling member engages with a rotational force applying portion of the apparatus, and, when the frame is in the second frame position, the coupling member is in the second coupling member position and the rotational force receiving portion engages with the rotational force applying portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210311432A1 ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DEVELOPING APPARATUS, AND COUPLING MEMBER Public/Granted day:2021-10-07
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