摘要:
An image forming apparatus (100) includes an opening/closing member 23) movably provided in the apparatus main body and configured to take a closing position to close a first opening (22a) and a second opening ((22b) and an opening position to open the first opening and the second opening. The opening/closing member includes a first opening/closing portion (23a) configured to close the first opening at the closing position and a second opening/closing portion (23b) configured to close the second opening at the closing position and provided so as to be movable with respect to the first opening/closing portion. A cartridge support member (20) moving, at the opening position, in a pull-out direction from an inner position to an outer position causes the second opening/closing portion to move downstream in the pull-out direction.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a built-in rotary driving member (11, 12); a developing device (IO) detachably attachable to the body of the image forming apparatus (1); a developer driving part (30) disposed at one end in a shaft direction of the developing roller (11) and the agitation screw (12); a driving part duct (36) enveloping the developer driving part (30) of the developing device (10); a developer case surface duct (41) formed along a surface parallel to the shaft direction of the developing roller (11) and the agitation screw (12); and a blast fan (40) or an exhaust fan (43) to blow air from either the driving part duct (36) or the developer case surface duct (41) to each other.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus (100) includes an opening/closing member 23) movably provided in the apparatus main body and configured to take a closing position to close a first opening (22a) and a second opening ((22b) and an opening position to open the first opening and the second opening. The opening/closing member includes a first opening/closing portion (23a) configured to close the first opening at the closing position and a second opening/closing portion (23b) configured to close the second opening at the closing position and provided so as to be movable with respect to the first opening/closing portion. A cartridge support member (20) moving, at the opening position, in a pull-out direction from an inner position to an outer position causes the second opening/closing portion to move downstream in the pull-out direction.
摘要:
A developer accommodating unit includes: a developer accommodating member, provided with an opening for permitting discharge of a developer, for accommodating the developer; a sealing member including a connecting portion for being connected to the developer accommodating member so as to seal the opening; and an unsealing member for exposing the opening by moving the sealing member to peel the connecting portion from the developer accommodating member. The connecting portion includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion with respect to a longitudinal direction thereof. When the connecting portion is peeled from the developer accommodating member, the unsealing member is flexed so that the first connecting portion is peeled earlier than the second connecting portion.
摘要:
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the main assembly including an opening, a door movable between a close position for closing the opening and an open position for opening the opening, a first force application member movable with movement of the door from the open position to the closing position and a second force application member movable by a driving force from a driving source, the process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a drum unit containing the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a developing unit which contains the developing roller and which is movable relative to the drum unit such that developing roller is movable between a contact position in which the developing roller is contacted to the electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a spaced position in which the developing roller is spaced from the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; and a force receiving device including a first force receiving portion for receiving a force from the first force application member by movement of the door from the open position to the close position in the state that process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus through the opening, and a second force receiving portion movable from a stand-by position by movement of the first force receiving portion by a force received from the first force application member, wherein the second force receiving portion takes a projected position for receiving a force from the second force application member to move the developing unit from the contact position to the spaced position, the projected position being higher than the stand-by position.
摘要:
The present invention relates a toner cartridge used for a laser printer. The toner cartridge comprises: a toner tank for storing fresh toner and a waste toner tank for storing waste toner obtained after development. When the toner cartridge is installed in a laser printer, the toner tank has a toner supplying section at a lower portion in a vertical direction thereof for supplying toner to an external environment. Two inner surfaces of the toner tank, arranged in a transverse direction of the toner tank and parallel with a direction in which the toner cartridge is installed into the laser printer, keep in a plane state at positions higher than the toner supplying section and are parallel with the vertical direction.
摘要:
A process cartridge comprising: (i) a photosensitive drum; (ii) a rotatable developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive drum; (iii) a developer supplying roller, provided in contact with the developing roller, for supplying a developer to the developing roller; (iv) a driving force receiving portion for receiving a driving force, wherein the driving force receiving portion is provided at a shaft end portion of the developer supplying roller and is movable in a direction crossing a shaft of the developer supplying roller; (v) a first driving force transmitting portion for transmitting the driving force, received by the driving force receiving portion, to the developing roller, wherein the first driving force transmitting portion is provided on the developer supplying roller; and (vi) a second driving force transmitting portion, provided on the developing roller, for transmitting the driving force by engaging with the driving force transmitting portion. A rotational direction of the developing roller is an opposite direction to a rotational direction of the developer supplying roller, and a surface speed of the developer supplying roller is larger than a surface speed of the developing roller.
摘要:
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the main assembly including an opening, a door movable between a close position for closing the opening and an open position for opening the opening, a first force application member movable with movement of the door from the open position to the closing position and a second force application member movable by a driving force from a driving source, the process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a drum unit containing the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a developing unit which contains the developing roller and which is movable relative to the drum unit such that developing roller is movable between a contact position in which the developing roller is contacted to the electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a spaced position in which the developing roller is spaced from the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; and a force receiving device including a first force receiving portion for receiving a force from the first force application member by movement of the door from the open position to the close position in the state that process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus through the opening, and a second force receiving portion movable from a stand-by position by movement of the first force receiving portion by a force received from the first force application member, wherein the second force receiving portion takes a projected position for receiving a force from the second force application member to move the developing unit from the contact position to the spaced position, the projected position being higher than the stand-by position.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes: a supporting tray (70) for supporting cartridges (P), wherein the tray is movable to an outside position (III), a first inside position, and a second inside position; a first positioning portion, provided in a main assembly, for positioning an associated cartridge of the cartridges when the tray is located at the first inside position, and a first preventing portion, provided in the main assembly, for preventing rotation of the associated cartridge about the first positioning portion; and a second positioning portion (70a, 70b), provided to the tray, for positioning the associated cartridge when the tray is located between the outside position and the second inside position. The second positioning portion is in a state in which the second positioning portion is spaced from the associated cartridge, when the tray is located at the first inside position.
摘要:
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; drum frame supporting the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a developing frame supporting the developing roller, the developing frame is movable relative to the drum frame and is capable of taking a contacting position in which the developing roller is in contact with the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; and a force receiving device including a first force receiving portion for receiving a first external force and a second force receiving portion for receiving a second external force, wherein the second force receiving portion is movable relative to the developing frame, wherein the second force receiving portion is placed in a stand-by position retracted from an operating position by the first force receiving portion receiving the first external force, and is movable from the stand-by position to the operating position for moving the developing frame from the contacting position to the spacing position, wherein a distance through which the second force receiving portion moves from the stand-by position to the operating position is larger than a distance through which the first force receiving portion is moved by the first external force.