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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:
Dec. 07, 1993
Filed:
May. 12, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355245 ; 118656 ;
Abstract
A developing device constructed such that a rotational axis of a transmission gear which is engaged with a gear attached to the photosensitive drum of an image forming apparatus is fixed in relation the photosensitive drum gear in order to transmit the rotational force of the photosensitive drum to the developing roller via gears, and at the same time the transmission gear axis is rockably suspended and supported as a supporting axis of the developing unit, the developing roller gear is linked with a transmission gear by means of a plurality of gears, and a force which acts to keep the developing unit away from the photosensitive drum is decreased.