Image forming apparatus on which a process cartridge is detachably mounted and a process cartridge detachably mountable to a main body of an image forming apparatus including a grip portion
US5911096A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 17, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1846
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a process device acting on the photosensitive member, a cartridge frame having a grip portion to be gripped when the process cartridge is mounted to and dismounted from the main body of the image forming apparatus, and first and second concave portions provided on the cartridge frame at one side and other side of the grip portion in a longitudinal direction of the cartridge frame and being concave toward the interior of the process cartridge.
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