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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Jun Yamaguchi, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/18 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1842 (2013.01); G03G 21/18 (2013.01); G03G 21/1803 (2013.01); G03G 21/1814 (2013.01); G03G 21/1817 (2013.01); G03G 21/1821 (2013.01); G03G 21/1825 (2013.01); G03G 21/1839 (2013.01); G03G 21/1671 (2013.01); G03G 21/1676 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process cartridge includes a photoconductor unit and a development unit, which are assembled together while being allowed to be separated from each other. The photoconductor unit and the development unit include fitting portions that fix positions of the units to assemble the units, assembly guides that guide the units to an assembly position, and stopper portions that hold the units in the assembly position.