Process cartridge having light guides and memory member, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus to which such cartridge is mountable
US7162174B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 29, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/1885
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an apparatus, includes a drum, a developing member, a cartridge frame including a developer accommodating portion, a first light guide adjacent one end of the cartridge frame and a leading end with respect to a cartridge mounting direction and including a light entrance portion opposed to an emitting portion to receive detecting light when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly and guiding the detecting light to cross with a developer accommodating space in the developer accommodating container, a second light guide adjacent the one end and the leading end, and including a light exit portion and directing, the detecting light having passed through the developer accommodating space to the light receiving portion, and a memory member communicatable with the main assembly and adjacent the one end o and the leading and including a cartridge electrical contact.
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