Process cartridge and image forming apparatus with flexible guide members
US7539446B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 27, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 26, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00451
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A first guide member and a second guide member, which are flexible, are disposed at an upstream side of a transfer position. The first guide member is fixed at a first base end at an upstream side of a first leading end so that the first leading end is closer to a photosensitive drum at the upstream side of the transfer position. The second guide member is fixed at a second base end at an upstream side of a second leading end so that the second leading end is closer to the photosensitive drum between the first leading end and the transfer position. A first plane connecting the first leading end and the first base end and a second plane connecting the second leading end and the second base end, are made to cross each other at an upstream side of the first base end.
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