Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dismounting and mounting methods for coupling and electrophotographic photosensitive drum unit
- Patent Title (中): 耦合和电子照相感光鼓单元的拆卸和安装方法
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Application No.: US12483718Application Date: 2009-06-12
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Publication No.: US07885575B2Publication Date: 2011-02-08
- Inventor: Yoshiyuki Batori , Nobuyoshi Hara
- Applicant: Yoshiyuki Batori , Nobuyoshi Hara
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2008-161527 20080620; JP2008-207291 20080811
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A method for dismounting a coupler from an electrophotographic photosensitive drum flange whose drum is usable with a cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The coupler receives a force rotating the drum from the main assembly when the cartridge is mounted and includes force receiving and spherical portions. The method includes the steps of inclining the coupler relative to a flange rotational axis, pushing a pin from one end to the other end thereof, both of which project from the spherical portion when the inclining step inclines the coupler, making part of the pin ride on a surface of a regulator inside the flange, and dismounting the coupler from the flange by applying a force to a free end of the coupler toward the part of the pin riding on the regulator surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100034561A1 DISMOUNTING AND MOUNTING METHODS FOR COUPLING AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT Public/Granted day:2010-02-11
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