Drum unit, cartridge and coupling member
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsuo Uesugi, Makoto Hayashida, Koji Yamaguchi, Takashi Yano
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsuo Uesugi, Makoto Hayashida, Koji Yamaguchi, Takashi Yano
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A cartridge includes a coupling positioned at an end of a photosensitive drum, with the coupling including (i) a cylindrical main body positioned coaxially with the photosensitive drum and open to outside of the cartridge and (ii) a projection positioned in the cylindrical main body. The projection is movable relative to the cylindrical main body between a first position and a second position such that an end of the projection is positioned closer to the rotational axis of the coupling when the projection is in the first position than when the projection is in the second position. A part of the cylindrical main body is positioned outside the photosensitive drum, and a part of the cylindrical main body is positioned inside of the photosensitive drum, and the projection is at least partially positioned inside of the photosensitive drum.
A cartridge comprising:
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