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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeo Miyabe, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroo Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Shishido, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Miura, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355200 ; 355211 ; 355245 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a cylinder for carrying developing agent, and with a flange fitted into an end portion of the cylinder for supporting the cylinder. A fitting portion of the flange has a diameter larger than an inner diameter of the cylinder. The flange is mounted to the cylinder by press-fitting and has a guide smaller than the inner diameter of the cylinder at an end of the fitting portion for guiding the fitting. A spacer is located at a more central side of the cylinder than the fitting portion of the flange press-fitted into the cylinder.