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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2005
Takeshi Shintani, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Fujimori, Yokohama, JP;
Kaoru Yoshino, Meguro-ku, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Ono, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuo Kikuchi, Kawagoe, JP;
Kunihiro Ohyama, Fuchu, JP;
Takeshi Shintani, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Fujimori, Yokohama, JP;
Kaoru Yoshino, Meguro-ku, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Ono, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuo Kikuchi, Kawagoe, JP;
Kunihiro Ohyama, Fuchu, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process cartridge configured to be detachably mounted in an image forming apparatus. A second body member is mounted on a first body member so that at least one of the first and second body members moves between an opened position and a closed position. An auxiliary device is configured to be mounted on at least one of the first and second body members via an opened space formed after at least one of the first and second body members is moved to the opened position.