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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Suetsugu, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinjiro Toba, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Fukui, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeo Kawanami, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Egami, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.