Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 耦合部分,感光鼓,处理盒和电子照相成像设备
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Application No.: US12534247Application Date: 2009-08-03
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Publication No.: US07920806B2Publication Date: 2011-04-05
- Inventor: Shinya Noda , Shinichi Sasaki , Akihiro Toma , Isao Ikemoto , Kazushi Watanabe , Akira Higeta
- Applicant: Shinya Noda , Shinichi Sasaki , Akihiro Toma , Isao Ikemoto , Kazushi Watanabe , Akira Higeta
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP7-067796 19950327; JP8-064105 19960321; JP8-277530 19960926; JP8-356297 19961224; JP9-269320 19970916
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The main assembly includes a motor, a gear receiving a driving force from the motor, a hole defined by twisted surfaces substantially coaxial with the gear and having a grounding contact. The cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, and a projection engageable with the twisted surfaces. The projection is provided at a longitudinal end of the drum. When the gear rotates with the hole and projection engaged with each other, a rotational driving force is transmitted from the gear to the drum through engagement between the hole and the projection. The cartridge also includes a grounding contact electrically connected with the drum, for electrically grounding the drum when the cartridge is mounted to the main assembly, and provided on the projection to be electrically connectable with the main assembly grounding contact.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090290908A1 COUPLING PART, PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-11-26
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