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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1997
Kazuhiko Kanno, Urawa, JP;
Tsutomu Nishiuwatoko, Tokyo, JP;
Kouji Miura, Sagamihara, JP;
Toshimitsu Iso, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photosensitive member; a process device actable on the photosensitive member; a first projection for positioning the process cartridge relative to the main assembly when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly, the first projection being outwardly projected from a first frame adjacent an axial end of the photosensitive member; a second projection for functioning as a pivot when the process cartridge is removed from the main assembly, the second projection being outwardly projected from a first frame; a third projection for positioning the process cartridge relative to the main assembly when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly, the third projection being outwardly projected from a second frame adjacent another axial end of the photosensitive member; a fourth projection for functioning as a pivot when the process cartridge is removed from the main assembly, the fourth projection being outwardly projected from the second frame.