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US 10,649,397 B2Granted
Developing cartridge including shaft and cam having cam surface
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuwen Wang, Junichi Hashimoto, Isao Kishi, Kazuaki Ooka
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Abstract
A developing cartridge includes: a casing; a developing roller; a shaft; and a cam. The casing is configured to accommodate developer therein. The developing roller is rotatable about a first axis extending in an axial direction. The shaft extends along a second axis extending in the axial direction. The shaft is movable along the second axis. The cam is movable along the second axis in response to axial movement of the shaft. The cam has a cam surface non-parallel with the second axis.
Claims42
A developing cartridge comprising:
- a casing configured to accommodate developer therein;
- a developing roller rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction, the developing roller having an outer circumferential surface including one end portion and another end portion in a second direction, the one end portion being exposed to an outside of the casing, the another end portion being positioned inside the casing;
- a shaft extending along a second axis extending in the first direction, the shaft being movable in the first direction relative to the casing and the developing roller, the shaft being movable in the second direction together with the casing and the developing roller, the shaft having one end portion and another end portion in the first direction;
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- a first inclined surface positioned at the one end portion of the shaft in the first direction and movable together with the shaft, the first inclined surface being inclined relative to the first direction such that a distance between the shaft and the first inclined surface in a radial direction of the shaft increases in a direction from the one end portion of the shaft in the first direction to the another end portion of the shaft in the first direction, the radial direction of the shaft being the second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.