摘要:
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a cartridge frame; an electrophotographic photosensitive drum having a cylinder and a photosensitive layer thereon; process means actable on the photosensitive drum; a drum shaft for rotatably supporting the photosensitive drum on the cartridge frame, the drum shaft extending through the photosensitive drum and having a length enough to be supported by the cartridge frame at one end thereof and at the other end thereof wherein the drum shaft is provided on its outer peripheral adjacent its one end with projections and recesses, and is engaged with a hole in the cartridge frame; a preventing member for preventing the drum shaft from disengaging from the cartridge frame.
摘要:
A developing apparatus includes a developer container (25) for containing a developer; a light transmitting portion (26a,26b), in the developer container, for optically detecting the developer; a rotatable wiping sheet (28) for wiping the light transmitting portion (26a,26b); wherein the wiping sheet (28) has a low rigidity portion at a rotational axis side beyond an end of the wiping sheet.
摘要:
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a cartridge frame; an electrophotographic photosensitive drum having a cylinder and a photosensitive layer thereon; process means actable on the photosensitive drum; a drum shaft for rotatably supporting the photosensitive drum on the cartridge frame, the drum shaft extending through the photosensitive drum and having a length enough to be supported by the cartridge frame at one end thereof and at the other end thereof wherein the drum shaft is provided on its outer peripheral adjacent its one end with projections and recesses, and is engaged with a hole in the cartridge frame; a preventing member for preventing the drum shaft from disengaging from the cartridge frame.
摘要:
A developing apparatus includes a developer container (25) for containing a developer; a light transmitting portion (26a,26b), in the developer container, for optically detecting the developer; a rotatable wiping sheet (28) for wiping the light transmitting portion (26a,26b); wherein the wiping sheet (28) has a low rigidity portion at a rotational axis side beyond an end of the wiping sheet.
摘要:
The present invention provides a sheet supplying apparatus comprising a sheet cassette (50) removably mountable to the sheet supply apparatus and having a rockable sheet support plate (55) for supporting sheets, and a biasing means (62) for biasing the sheet support plate toward a sheet supply means (35) of the sheet supplying apparatus for feeding out the sheets; a locking means (57) for locking the sheet support plate at a position spaced apart from the sheet supply means in opposition to a biasing force of the biasing means; a releasing means (57c) for releasing a locking condition of the locking means when the sheet cassette is mounted to the sheet supplying apparatus; and a buffer means for reducing a shifting speed of the sheet support plate effected by the biasing means when the locking condition of the locking means is released by the releasing means. The present invention further provides an image forming apparatus including such sheet supplying apparatus.