Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kazumi Sekine

Kazushi Watanabe

Isao Ikemoto

Shinya Noda

Yoshikazu Sasago

Tadayuki Tsuda

Kazunori Kobayashi

Shinichi Sasaki

Takeo Shoji

Hiroyuki Shirai

Yasushi Shimizu

Toshiyuki Karakama

Hiroyuki Adachi

Makoto Tanaka

Yoshiya Nomura

Hideo Fushimoto

Morikazu Mizutani

Kazuo Shishido

Osamu Hirata

Kazuhiko Ishiwata

Kanji Yano

Yoshiaki Nishimuro

Atsushi Nishibata

Kuniomi Kano

Shigeki Mori

Noboru Koumura

Ryozo Yanagisawa

Nobuharu Hoshi

Masanobu Saito

Akira Higeta

Akira Miyakawa

Kaname Suwa

Yoshimasu Yamaguchi

Kazuyoshi Odagawa

Toshiaki Harada

Satoshi Kurihara

Hayato Shinohara

Isao Tsukada

Yasuhide Saito

Takao Nakagawa

Akira Miyagawa

A remanufacturing method for a process cartridge including: (a) a first step of forming a first hole in a second side cover around a second shaft portion of a drum supporting shaft; (b) a drum shaft removing step of removing the drum supporting shaft from a drum frame by operation through the first hole; (c) a photosensitive drum removing step of removing an electrophotographic photosensitive drum from the drum frame through a transfer opening; (d) a photosensitive drum insertion step of inserting the electrophotographic photosensitive drum into the drum frame through the transfer opening; (e) a drum shaft mounting step of mounting the drum supporting shaft on the drum frame; and (f) a refilling step of filling developer in the developer frame.

REMANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE HAVING A DRUM, A DRUM FRAME, A DEVELOPING FRAME, A DEVELOPER FRAME, SIDE COVERS, AN IMAGE TRANSFER OPENING, AND A DRUM SUPPORTING SHAFT

A disassembling method is disclosed for a process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes covering members connected to a drum supporting frame and a developer container at ends of the drum supporting frame and the developer accommodating container with respect to a longitudinal direction of the electrophotographic photosensitive drum. The disassembling method includes a step of cutting the cover member adjacent to a connecting portion between the cover member and the drum supporting frame and a connecting portion between the cover member and the developer accommodating container along an outer wall of the covering member.

Process cartridge remanufacturing method, disassembling method and assembling method, positioning and connecting apparatus and process cartridge

A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes a first frame for supporting an electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a developer bearing member for developing a latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum with a developer, and a second frame having a developer containing portion containing the developer for developing the latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum and detachably mountable to the first frame. The mounting and dismounting direction of the second frame with respect to the first frame is transverse to an axial direction of the electrophotographic photosensitive drum.

Process cartridge, developer container, waste developer container,

A photosensitive drum includes a cylindrical member having a photosensitive body disposed thereon, and first and second helical gears arranged axially side-by-side on one end of the cylindrical member. The first helical gear is disposed axially outward of the second helical gear, and the first helical gear has an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the second helical gear. The first helical gear meshes with a drive gear to rotatingly drive the drum. A sleeve gear of a developing sleeve is selectively engaged with one of the first and second helical gears, depending upon a kind of toner used.

Photosensitive drum provided in an image forming apparatus including

A process cartridge is mountable to an image forming system and includes an image bearing member; a developing bias contact for applying a developing bias to a developing device; an earthing contact for earthing the image bearing member; and a charging bias contact for applying a charging bias to a charging device. The developing bias contact, the earthing contact, and the charging bias contact are arranged in an area corresponding to an end portion of the image bearing member in a longitudinal direction of the image bearing member, such that (i) the developing bias contact is arranged at a first side of the image bearing member in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the image bearing member, and (ii) the earthing contact and the charging bias contact are arranged at a second side of the image bearing member in the orthogonal direction.

Image forming system and process cartridge having particular arrangement

An image bearing member, process device acting on the image bearing member, a first frame, a second frame lockable and separable with respect to the first frame, a locking body and a locking member lockable to the locking body, provided to separably interlock the first and second frames, and a recessed portion and a projection fittable into the recessed portion which are provided to separably interlock the first and second frames. With above construction it is possible to provide a process cartridge, an image forming system, and a method for assembling a cleaning device, which can be easily assembled and can sufficiently cope a large when the number of re-cycles.

Process cartridge mountable in an image forming system and a method for

The present invention provides a process cartridge removably mountable to a main body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the process cartridge including an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a process device that acts on the electrophotographic photosensitive member and has a blade member acting on toner and a support member for supporting the blade member, and a seal member provided for preventing the toner from leaking from a predetermined area. The seal member is formed from liquid-foam material to be solidified as an elastomer, and the seal member is contacted with an edge portion of the support member.

Process cartridge including a seal member formed from a liquid-foam

A charging apparatus includes a rotatable charging member, contactable to a member to be charged, for charging the member to be charged, the rotatable charging member is provided with a rotation shaft; an electroconductive elastic member for urging the rotatable charging member to the member to be charged, wherein the rotatable charging member is capable of being supplied with a voltage through the elastic member; wherein a part of the elastic member and a peripheral surface of the rotation shaft are contacted to electrically connect the elastic member with the rotation shaft.

Charging device and process cartridge

This invention relates to developing agent supply container for supplying a developing agent to a developing agent storage container for storing the developing agent used for developing a latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive body. The container includes a developing agent storage portion, and an inhibition device for inhibiting supply of the developing agent stored in the developing agent storage portion to the developing agent storage container when the developing agent supply container is removed from a predetermined position, and permitting supply of the developing agent stored in the developing agent storage portion to the developing agent storage container when the developing agent supply container is mounted at the predetermined position with respect to the developing agent storage container so as to supply the developing agent to the developing agent storage container.

Developing agent supply container, process cartridge, and

A process cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus includes a frame member, a photosensitive member, a rotary member mounted on the frame member, where the rotary member constitutes a process device. A blade member is mounted on the frame member in proximity with the rotary member. A sealing member has a rotary seal portion for sealing a space formed between the frame member and the rotary member. A blade seal portion seals a space formed between the frame member and the blade member. A compressible seal portion, provided in a portion of the rotary seal portion and the blade seal portion, seals a space formed adjacent to a longitudinal end portion of the blade member.

Sealing member featuring a compressable seal portion, and process

An image forming apparatus is provided for forming an image on a recording medium. The apparatus has a main body on which a process cartridge, which includes a frame, an image bearing member, a toner carrying member, and an attachment member for attaching the toner carrying member to the frame, is removably mountable. The apparatus also has a supporting device for supporting the process cartridge at the attachment member when the process cartridge is mounted in the apparatus and a feeding device for feeding the recording medium.

Image forming system having means to support at least one component of a

A process cartridge includes a first upper and second lower frame, separably engageable to each other, an image bearing member, a process means acting on the image bearing member, and a positioning device for positioning an optical unit of an image forming apparatus when the process cartridge is mounted within the image forming apparatus. With this arrangement, the present invention can provide a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus capable of mounting the process cartridge, which can form an image with higher quality than that of the conventional techniques, without distorting the image. The positioning member is located on the second lower frame and passes through openings formed on the first upper frame in order to position the optical unit.

Process cartridge having positioning member for positioning optical

A movement guide for guiding the movement of a manually movable hand recording apparatus has a guide member for guiding the movement of the hand recording apparatus, and an engaging portion provided on the guide member and removably engageable with the hand recording apparatus when the movement of the hand recording apparatus is guided.

Hand recording apparatus and movement guide therefor

A process cartridge includes a first frame in which a toner containing unit for containing toner used for a developing operation and a charger unit are mounted, and a second frame which can be engaged by and disengaged from the first frame, and in which an image bearing member, a developing unit and cleaning unit are mounted. With this arrangement, the assembling ability and disassembling ability are improved remarkably, and the process cartridge is suitable for the re-cycling to contribute to the protection of the earth-environment.

Process cartridge and image forming system on which process cartridge is

A process cartridge mountable within an image forming apparatus, the process cartridge including (a) a frame, (b) an image bearing member provided in the frame, and (c) a blade member including an elastic blade, and a support member for supporting the elastic blade and having a supporting portion for supporting the elastic blade, a protruded portion protruding from the supporting portion in a longitudinal direction, and a hole formed in the protruded portion.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Kazumi Sekine