Image forming device having regulating member configured to prohibit movement of photosensitive body in lock state
US8577258B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 5, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1884
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A positioning guide is configured to guide a rotational axis of a photosensitive body when a process cartridge is mounted on a main body, and to determine a position of the rotation axis of the photosensitive body with respect to the main body in a mounting state in which the process cartridge has been mounted on the main body. A photosensitive body drive gear is configured to be capable of rotating in a forward and reverse direction and to transmit a rotational drive force to the photosensitive body in the mounting state. A regulating member is configured to be in a lock state and an unlock state. In the lock state, the regulating member prohibits the rotational axis of the photosensitive body from moving in the mounting/removing direction. The rotational axis of the photosensitive body is released from the regulating member in the unlock state.
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