Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Cation Kabushiki Kaisha

Takeo Kawanami

Akinori Mitsumata

Chikara Imaizumi

Shinji Katagiri

Tomio Noguchi

Kazuaki Nogami

Fumiya Sawashima

Shinichi Nishida

Yu Fukasawa

Hiromi Sakurai

Masaru Shimura

Yuichi Fukui

Takehiro Hayashi

Taro Minobe

Yasuyuki Egami

Masanari Morioka

Kenji Watanabe

Tsuguhiro Yoshida

Shunsuke Hijikata

Toshiki Fujino

Hiromi Fujinaka

Takehiro Miyashita

Hiroyuki Munetsugu

Shinjiro Toba

Yuji Kawaguchi

Sohta Sugimoto

Masaru Ohno

Norihiro Matsumoto

Tachio Kawai

Daisuke Abe

Teruhiko Sasaki

Goshi Ozaki

Yuichiro Inaba

Akinobu Hirayama

Noritomo Yamaguchi

Yoichiro Iizuka

Daigo Yamauchi

Yoshihiro Ito

Akira Yoshimura

Masafumi Maeda

Katsuhiko Oba

Tetsuji Suzuki

Osamu Sasaoka

Yasuhiro Fukase

Takugo Kasaishi

Masaaki Sato

Masahiro Suzuki

Naoki Hayashi

Tomohiro Suzuki

Satoru Takahashi

Tetsushi Uneme

Tomoya Tateishi

Shigeru Hoashi

Tatsuya Kinukawa

Kazuhiro Hosohara

Akinori Takayama

Masahiro Suetsugu

Fuyuko Koyama

Shuma Hiasa

Seiya Ishikawa

Yohei Anzai

Shinsuke Kobayashi

Ken Nakagawa

Mitsuhiro Sato

Keisuke Ishizumi

Michio Uchida

Ryosuke Takahashi

Nobuyuki Kobayashi

Tetsuo Furukawa

Kohei Koguchi

Masao Amano

Atsuyuki Yuzawa

Yuichiro Okawa

Tomio Noguchi, I

In an image forming apparatus, a tray unit to which a cartridge is detachably mounted, and that is configured to be capable of moving between an internal position situated within the apparatus main body and an external position situated outside, includes first and second side plates configured to support the cartridge, and they are each made of metal, and include a supporting portion and an outer side portion, the supporting portions includes positioning portions configured to come into contact with the cartridge to position the cartridge as to an image forming position. The apparatus main body includes first and second pressing members each capable of moving between pressing positions at which the cartridge is pressed, and separated positions separated from the cartridge. The first and second pressing members are disposed each intersecting with imaginary planes that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and intersect the positioning portions.

Image forming apparatus having improved mountability of a cartridge while conserving space

A cartridge includes a casing, a photosensitive drum rotatably supported by the casing, a charging roller rotatably supported by the casing, and a developing roller rotatably supported by the casing. A shield member is supported by the casing and including a shield portion capable of covering a photosensitive member, the shield member being movable between a first position in which the shield portion covers the photosensitive member and a second position in which the photosensitive member is more exposed to outside of the cartridge by the shield portion than when the shield member is in the first position. An engaging portion is engageable with the shield member to hold the shield member in the second position when the shield member is in the second position, and a force receiving portion is provided for receiving an external force to disengage the engagement between the engaging portion and the shield member.

Cartridge and image forming apparatus

A cartridge includes a photosensitive drum and a casing having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion in a direction of the rotational axis of the photosensitive drum. A coupling is positioned adjacent to the first end portion of the casing, with the coupling being operatively connected to the photosensitive drum so as to transmit a driving force toward the photosensitive drum. The coupling includes a main body configured to rotate about a rotational axis of the main body to thereby transmit the driving force and at least one engaging member, with the engaging member being pivotable relative to the main body between a first position and a second position about a pivot axis that is non parallel to the rotational axis of the main body, and with the engaging member being configured to transmit the driving force toward the photosensitive drum via the main body.

Cartridge, drum unit and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly and a plurality of process cartridges detachably mountable to the main assembly. The process cartridges each includes a photosensitive member, a first frame rotatably supporting the photosensitive member, a developing member for depositing toner onto the photosensitive member, and a second frame rotatably supporting the developing member and movable relative to the first frame between a developing position for the developing member to deposit the toner onto the photosensitive member and a retracted position in which the developing member is more remote from the photosensitive member than in the developing position. The apparatus further includes a connecting member connecting at least two of the second frames of the process cartridges and removable from at least one of the process cartridges and from the main assembly.

Image forming apparatus, process cartridges, and connecting member

An image forming apparatus that includes an actuator to drive a stirring member, an indicating unit to execute a remaining toner amount indication based on an output value from a first detection unit, and a control unit control the actuator, the first detection unit, and the indicating unit. A control unit executes (i) a first control of controlling the actuator to start driving of the stirring member based on a detection, by a second detection unit, of movement of an opening and closing member from the open position to the closed position, (ii) a second control of controlling the first detection unit to output the output value, and (iii) a third control of controlling the indicating unit to execute the remaining toner amount indication.

Image forming apparatus

[Problem to be solved] To further develop conventional technique. [Solution] a cartridge includes a casing, a photosensitive drum and a coupling. the coupling includes a driving force receiving portion for receiving a driving force by engagement with a driving force application member, a braking force receiving portion for receiving in braking force by engagement with a braking force application member, and a guide for moving the braking force application member relative to the driving force application member.

Electrophotographic image forming apparatus, cartridge and drum unit

An attached portion of an image forming apparatus includes a rotating member of which at least a part is exposed outside the image forming apparatus when the developer container is attached, and a rotation restricting mechanism that is movable between a restricting position to restrict rotation of the rotating member and an allowable position to allow rotation of the rotating member, and includes a restricting member that is at the restricting position when the developer container is not attached. The developer container is attached to the attached portion so that the discharging portion engaging portion and the shutter engaging portions are engaged with the frame engaged portions and the rotating member engaged portions respectively when the container shutter is in the close state, and the restricting member moves from the restricting position to the allowable position when the developer container is attached to the attached portion.

Image forming system having developer container, rotating member for rotating shutter, and restriction mechanism for rotating member

A pull-in apparatus configured to pull in a unit toward a predetermined position in an apparatus body includes an arm member, a restriction member, a first action portion and a second action portion. The restriction member is movable between a lock position at which the restriction member restricts movement of the arm member in a first direction and a lock-release position at which the restriction member allows the movement of the arm member in the first direction. Movement of the restriction member from the lock position toward the lock-release position is restricted in a state in which the arm member is at a stand-by position, and is allowed in a state in which the arm member has been moved from the stand-by position in a second direction.

Pull-in apparatus, image forming apparatus, sheet accommodating apparatus, and draw-out unit

A cartridge includes a photosensitive member, a charging member capable of charging the photosensitive member, and a developing member for depositing toner onto the photosensitive member. A unit includes the developing member and is movable between a developing position in which the toner is capable of being deposited onto the photosensitive member from the developing member and a spaced position in which at least a part of the developing member is spaced from the photosensitive member. The cartridge further includes a contact force receiving portion for receiving a contact force for moving the unit to the developing position when the unit is in the spaced position. The cartridge also includes a spacing force receiving portion for receiving a spacing force for moving the unit to the spaced position when the unit is in the developing position.

Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and cartridge

An image forming apparatus includes an attaching portion including an operation member configured to be movable together with a container shutter, a toner storage portion configured to store toner received from a receiving port, an actuator configured to regulate a movement of the operation member, and a control unit configured to control the actuator. The operation member is configured to open and close the container shutter from an outside in a state in which the toner container is attached to the attaching portion. In a case where a predetermined condition is met, the control unit controls the actuator to release a regulation of the movement of the operation member.

Image forming apparatus for use with detachable toner container

An image forming apparatus which can be replenished with toner using a replenishment cartridge and communicates with a memory device of the replenishment cartridge via a first electric contact portion and a second electric contact portion after a replenishment cartridge is attached to the image forming apparatus in an installation portion. The replenishment cartridge is prevented from being detached by a regulation unit when it is in the replenishment position.

Image forming apparatus and image forming system

A cartridge includes a casing, a photosensitive drum, and a coupling operatively connected to the photosensitive drum. The coupling includes a guiding portion, an engaging portion, and a visor portion. The visor portion projects outwardly in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the coupling. The visor portion covers a space downstream of the engaging portion in the rotational direction of the coupling or the visor portion is positioned upstream of the guiding portion in the rotational direction of the coupling and adjacent to the guiding portion.

An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including an opening portion, and an opening-and-closing member, a process unit detachably attached to and supported by the apparatus body, the process unit including an image bearing member, a toner storage portion, and a supply portion, a sheet supporting portion, and a rotary feeding member. When viewed in a gravity direction, the supply portion is disposed on a same side as a side on which the sheet supporting portion is disposed with respect to the image bearing member, and the opening portion is disposed on a side opposite to the side on which the sheet supporting portion is disposed with respect to the image bearing member. In a case where the opening-and-closing member is positioned at an opening position, the process unit is configured to be attached to and detached from the apparatus body through the opening portion.

Image forming apparatus provided with detachable processing unit

An image forming apparatus forming an image on a sheet conveyed in a sheet conveyance direction includes a frame including a first side plate and a second side plate disposed in parallel in a width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction, an intake unit disposed on an outer side of the frame in the width direction and configured to draw air into an interior of the frame, an exhaust unit disposed between the first side plate and the second side plate and configured to discharge air outside of the frame, and a cooling object unit disposed on a path of the air which is drawn into the interior of the frame by the intake unit and moves toward the exhaust unit.

Image forming apparatus having widthwisely extending exhaust fan

An image forming apparatus is configured to allow a replenishment container to be detachably attached thereto. The image forming apparatus includes a drum unit including a photosensitive drum, and a development unit. The development unit includes a development roller, a reception portion configured to receive the replenishment container. The development unit is movable relative to the drum unit. The image forming apparatus further includes a housing including an opening/closing member movable between a cover position, at which the opening/closing member covers the reception portion, and an exposing position, at which the reception portion is exposed, and a support member configured to be movable between a support position, at which the support member supports the development unit, and a retracted position, at which the support member is retracted from the support position, in conjunction with the movement of the opening/closing member.

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Kamakura, Japan

Takeo Kawanami