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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. 16, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355210 ; 355215 ; 355245 ;
Abstract
A frame for a process cartridge, which is detachably mountable to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus and which comprises an electrophotographic photosensitive member and a process device or devices actable on the electrophotographic photosensitive member. The frame includes a base member having a mounting portion for mounting the process device or devices and an elastic sealing member for preventing leakage of a developer from the process cartridge when the process cartridge is assembled, wherein the base member and the elastic sealing member are integrally molded.