Packing member
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKengo Sakai, Yoshimasa Komaki
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Abstract
A packing member includes a first recessed portion, a second recessed portion, a first flange connected to the first recessed portion at a first end, and a second flange connected to the second recessed portion at a first end. The first flange includes at least one first bent portion protruding in a direction intersecting a joined surface at which part of the first flange and part of the second flange are joined. When at least one of a second end of the first flange and a second end of the second flange is in contact with a surface other than the packing member, the second end of the first flange and the second end of the second flange can be moved along the surface.
Claims18
A packing member for packing a cartridge, the cartridge being attachable to and detachable from an image forming apparatus, the packing member comprising:
- a first member provided with a first recessed portion and including a first flange connected to the first recessed portion, the first flange including a first bent portion;
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- a second member provided with a second recessed portion and including a second flange connected to the second recessed portion, the second flange including a second bent portion, the second member being connected to the first member with a connecting portion, and
- the first flange and the second flange being overlapped and welded to form a joined surface such that a space for accommodating the cartridge is formed by the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion,
- wherein in a direction intersecting the joined surface, the first bent portion and the second bent portion protrude with respect to the joined surface in a first direction from the first member toward the second member, and the second bent portion protrudes with respect to the joined surface in the first direction, and
- wherein in a direction along the joined surface, the first bent portion and the second bent portion are disposed on an opposite side of the connecting portion with respect to the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion.
A packing member for packing a cartridge, the cartridge being attachable to and detachable from an image forming apparatus, the packing member comprising:
- a first member provided with a first recessed portion, and including a first flange connected to the first recessed portion;
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- a second member provided with a second recessed portion, and including a second flange connected to the second recessed portion,
- the first flange and the second flange being overlapped and welded to form a joined surface such that a space for accommodating the cartridge is formed by the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion,
- wherein the first recessed portion includes a first force receiving portion, the force receiving portion including a first force receiving surface, the first force receiving surface configured to receive a load from the cartridge by contacting the cartridge, and
- wherein the first force receiving portion is extended toward the second member from the first member so that at least part of the first force receiving portion protrudes with respect to the joined surface in the direction perpendicular to the joined surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.