Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unit and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 单元和电子照相成像设备
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Application No.: US12975998Application Date: 2010-12-22
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Publication No.: US08565638B2Publication Date: 2013-10-22
- Inventor: Ken Kikuchi , Tsutomu Nishiuwatoko , Takashi Akutsu
- Applicant: Ken Kikuchi , Tsutomu Nishiuwatoko , Takashi Akutsu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2009-292805 20091224; JP2010-238733 20101025
- Main IPC: G03G21/18
- IPC: G03G21/18

Abstract:
A unit detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus including an openable member capable of opening and closing a unit mounting and demounting opening includes: a grip portion, provided rotatably about a rotational shaft on a side wall of a frame of the unit, being rotatably moved to a projected position in which the grip portion is projected from the side wall and to a retracted position in which the grip portion is retracted in a longitudinal direction so as to be closer to the side wall than the projected position; and a force receiving portion at which the grip portion located at the projected position receives a force from the openable member when the openable member is closed in a state in which the unit is mounted in the main assembly, the force receiving portion being configured to receive the force for rotating the grip portion from the projected position to the retracted position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110158681A1 UNIT AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-06-30
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