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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2005
Hiroshi Hosokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Atushi Sampe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Wakako Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Hosokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Atushi Sampe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Wakako Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process cartridge of the present invention includes a casing capable of accommodating a plurality of units positioned one above the other in a space such that one unit is spaced, in the horizontal direction, from a vertical line extending through the other unit positioned below the one unit. The casing has a bottom wall inclined relative to a horizontal plane and oriented such that when the bottom wall is placed on a horizontal surface, the one unit is shifted toward the vertical line.