Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15180599Application Date: 2016-06-13
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Publication No.: US09778613B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Noriyuki Komatsu , Shunsuke Uratani , Toru Oguma
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2009-111127 20090430
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
A cartridge includes a casing and a photosensitive drum rotatably supported in the casing. A rotatable driven coupling member is provided on an axial end of the photosensitive drum, with the driven coupling member including a driving force receiving portion for receiving a driving force to rotate the photosensitive drum. The driven coupling member is translatable with respect to the casing in a predetermined direction, which is substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the photosensitive drum, by a force received by a driven side abutment portion of the driven coupling member. A distance between the rotational axis of the driven coupling member and the driven side abutment portion is not more than a distance between the rotational axis of the driven coupling member and the driving force receiving portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160370756A1 CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-12-22
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