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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2012
Kazuhiko Kanno, Odawara, JP;
Yasufumi Yoshino, Numazu, JP;
Katsuhiko Oba, Odawara, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The process cartridge comprises an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, process means actable on said electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a first cartridge side portion-to-be-guided, a second cartridge side portion-to-be-guided, a first cartridge side portion-to-be-regulated, a second cartridge side portion-to-be-regulated, a first cartridge side portion to be positioned, and a second cartridge side portion to be positioned. The process cartridge is mounted to a main assembly with a first cartridge side portion to be positioned at a first main assembly side positioning portion by the urging force of an urging member and with the second cartridge side portion to be positioned at a second main assembly side positioning portion by the urging force of the urging member.