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Process cartridge with rotary member having bearing attachment portions of different diameters, and method for refusing such a rotary member

US5528341A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 1994
Grant dateJun 18, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/183
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A process cartridge includes a rotatable rotary member having a plurality of bearing attachment portions to which bearings are attachable. The plurality of bearing attachment portions are provided on the rotary member with different diameters. A method of reusing a rotation member that is supported at one of a plurality of coaxial rotation surfaces having different diameters includes detaching one of a plurality of bearing members that supports the rotation member at the one of the plurality of coaxial rotation surfaces. Another of the plurality of bearing members is then attached at a corresponding other of the plurality of coaxial rotation surfaces that has a different diameter than the one of the plurality of coaxial rotation surfaces.

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