18897197. CARTRIDGE AND DRUM UNIT FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
CARTRIDGE AND DRUM UNIT FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Shigemi Kamoshida of Tokyo (JP)
Takeshi Arimitsu of Odawara-shi (JP)
Isao Koishi of Yokohama-shi (JP)
Yusuke Niikawa of Kawasaki-shi (JP)
CARTRIDGE AND DRUM UNIT FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18897197 titled 'CARTRIDGE AND DRUM UNIT FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
A cartridge mountable to a printer, said printer including a coupling guide contactable to a coupling of the cartridge to guide the coupling member. A case of the cartridge is provided with a hole for exposing a free end portion of the coupling to an outside of the cartridge, and a retracted portion provided in downstream of the hole with respect to the mounting direction of the cartridge. When the cartridge is mounted to a main assembly of the printer, the coupling guide enters the retracted portion from which the coupling member has retracted.
