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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Daisuke Hamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Shiori, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Yoshizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Natsumi Matsue, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Kuboki, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Hamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Shiori, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Yoshizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Natsumi Matsue, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Kuboki, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process cartridge is detachably mounted on an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus. An embodiment of the cartridge includes a developer bearer arranged to be opposed to an image bearer in a developing device and rotates; a positioning member that supports the image bearer and the developer bearer at respective ends thereof, and fixes a distance between rotating shafts of the image bearer and the developer bearer; a rotating shaft arranged on a rotating member arranged on the developing device, and having a part protruding from an outer surface of a housing frame of the process cartridge; a gear that is arranged at a distal end of the rotating shaft and transmits a rotational driving force transmitted from the apparatus main body; and a bearing that is arranged between the positioning member and the gear, is fixed to the housing frame, and supports the rotating shaft.