Process cartridge, load producing member and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
US6714752B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 29, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/183
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a process device actable on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; and a load producing member for imparting a load on a peripheral surface of a cylindrical member rotatable with the photosensitive drum to increase a rotational torque required for rotation of the photosensitive drum.
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