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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Abe, Suntou-gun, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cartridge includes a gear member including a gear portion on an outer peripheral surface of the gear member, a rotational axis, and at least one engaging recess, the gear member being operatively connected to a rotatable member, and a coupling member provided with (i) at least one protrusion that is capable of receiving a driving force and (ii) at least one engaging projection that is engageable with the at least one engaging recess of the gear member. The coupling member is movable relative to the gear member in the direction of the rotational axis of the gear member between a first position and a second position. The gear member is not engageable with the engaging projection of the coupling member when the coupling member is in the second position, and the engaging recess of the gear member is engageable with the engaging projection of the coupling member and the gear member receives a driving force from the coupling member when the coupling member is in the first position.