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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takahito Ueno, Mishima, JP;
Shigeo Miyabe, Numazu, JP;
Masanari Morioka, Numazu, JP;
Masato Hisano, Susono, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process cartridge, a combination of a process cartridge and a drive shaft of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, and a method of mounting and using a process cartridge in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus include a feature wherein a coupling member of the process cartridge can take different angular positions relative to the drive shaft's fixed axis of rotation. In one position, an axis of the coupling member is inclined relative to the drive shaft's fixed axis of rotation. In a second position, the axis of the coupling member is substantially coaxial with the drive shaft's fixed axis of rotation.