Patent · US Expired

Detachable process cartridge for image forming apparatus

US6603940B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References
17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 6, 2001
Grant dateAug 5, 2003
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Expiry dateNov 6, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0896
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A process cartridge includes a toner unit including a toner containing space and a toner supply space. A development unit including rollers. There is a holding frame having a fixture section for the development unit and an accepting section for the toner unit. The process cartridge is constructed arrangement in which the toner is fixed in a predetermined position in the accepting section of the holding frame or which the toner unit is detachably installed in a predetermined position in the accepting section of the holding frame.

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