Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device including roller, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge incorporating same
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Application No.: US15285919Application Date: 2016-10-05
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Publication No.: US09958823B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Daisuke Tomita , Takeshi Shintani , Yasuhiro Maehata , Yasuhito Kuboshima , Yusuke Ishizuka , Nobuo Kuwabara , Norio Kudoh , Kento Aoki
- Applicant: Daisuke Tomita , Takeshi Shintani , Yasuhiro Maehata , Yasuhito Kuboshima , Yusuke Ishizuka , Nobuo Kuwabara , Norio Kudoh , Kento Aoki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2015-199383 20151007; JP2016-153274 20160804; JP2016-180363 20160915
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
A device disposed opposing an image bearer includes a roller to rotate while contacting a surface of the image bearer, a rolling bearing fitted around a shaft located at an end of the roller in an axial direction of the roller, a frame to house the roller, and a bearing support removably attached to the frame. The rolling bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, and a rolling element disposed between the outer ring and the inner ring. The bearing support holds, from an outer-ring side, the rolling bearing interposed between the bearing support and the frame. The bearing support includes a receiving portion to contact the outer ring of the rolling bearing and bias the rolling bearing toward the frame in a direction in which the rolling bearing is interposed between the bearing support and the frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170102663A1 DEVICE INCLUDING ROLLER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2017-04-13
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