摘要:
A coating apparatus for coating liquid-form material to be solidified as an elastomer on a coated member in order to form a seal member for preventing toner leakage, includes an injection member for injecting the liquid-form material on the coated member, a holder for holding the coated member, a driver for causing relative movement between the injection member and the holder, and a controller for controlling the driver to change the relative movement between the injection member and the holder.
摘要:
The present invention provides a process cartridge mountable to an image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes an image bearing member, a processor for acting on the image bearing member, a driving force receiver provided at one end of the image bearing member, a protection member shiftable between a protection position to protect the image bearing member and a retract position, a first projection provided on the side of a toner containing portion, a guide member protruded in the direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the image bearing member, a second projection protruded in the moving direction of the image bearing member, and a third projection protruded from the protection member.
摘要:
A connecting pin pivotally connects together the first frame and the second frame of a process cartridge including the first frame supporting an electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a second frame supporting a developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum, and detachably mountable to the main body of an image forming apparatus. The pin is formed of a metallic hollow material, having slits defined by opposed edges of the metal material, and has formed on the metallic hollow material a restraining portion having a leading end as a bending proximal base with respect to the direction of insertion of the connecting pin and an outwardly extending trailing end.
摘要:
A remanufacturing method for a process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, including (a) a frame separating step of separating the first frame and the second frame from each other; (b) a developing blade dismounting step of dismounting, from the second frame, a developing blade; (c) a sealing material mounting step of mounting a sealing material between the second frame and the developing blade; (d) a developer filling step of filling the developer into a developer accommodating portion of the second frame through a developer supply opening for supplying, to a developing roller, the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion; (e) a developing blade mounting step of mounting the developing blade to the second frame; and (f) a frame coupling step of the coupling the first frame and the second frame.
摘要:
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main body of an image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a process device acting on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum, and a cartridge side positioning portion adapted to contact and be positioned by the positioning portion of the main body of the image forming apparatus when the process cartridge is mounted to the main body of the image forming apparatus. The cartridge has on or near the cartridge side positioning portion a detecting action portion for operating a cartridge detecting device for detecting the mounting of the process cartridge provided in the main body of the image forming apparatus when the process cartridge has been mounted at a mounting position in the main body of the image forming apparatus.
摘要:
In order to prevent the eccentricity of a rotary shaft for rotatably supporting an image bearing member used with an image forming apparatus when the image bearing member is rotated, a projection is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft fitted into a fitting hole formed in a casing for securing the rotary shaft.
摘要:
In order to prevent the eccentricity of a rotary shaft for rotatably supporting an image bearing member used with an image forming apparatus when the image bearing member is rotated, a projection is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft fitted into a fitting hole formed in a casing for securing the rotary shaft.