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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2016
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Morishita, Osaka, JP;
Susumu Hanano, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image carrying member unit is provided with an image carrying member, and a unit housing. The image carrying member includes an image carrying member main body which has an outer peripheral surface on which a photosensitive layer is formed, a flange part which is secured to both ends of the image carrying member main body, a cylindrical oil-impregnated sintered bearing which is secured to the through-hole of the flange part, a conduction member which conducts electricity between the oil-impregnated sintered bearing and the image carrying member main body, a spindle which is slidably inserted in the oil-impregnated sintered bearing and secured to the unit housing, and a contact spring which has a coiled spring part into which the spindle is inserted, and which is sandwiched in a compressed state between an end surface in the axial direction of the oil-impregnated sintered bearing and the unit housing.