Disassembling tool for process cartridge
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKen Kikuchi, Toshiyuki Karakama, Toru Oguma, Akiyoshi Yokoi
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Abstract
The disassembling tool for a process cartridge has a base body, an engagement portion provided on the base body and adapted to be engaged with the process cartridge to thereby position the process cartridge, a pushing-out portion provided for movement relative to the base body for pushing out a coupling member, and a grip portion adapted to be gripped when the pushing-out portion is to be moved, and connected to the pushing-out portion, and the engagement portion is provided at a location opposed to the pushing-out portion in a movement direction in which the pushing-out portion is moved. Thereby, a process cartridge having a frame can be simply disassembled.
Claims6
1-10. (canceled)
A disassembling tool for pushing a first and second coupling member out of a process cartridge detachably attachable to an image forming apparatus main body, the process cartridge having an electrophotographic photosensitive member, process means for acting on said electrophotographic photosensitive member, a first frame, a second frame, the first coupling member provided on one end side of said electrophotographic photosensitive member in a lengthwise direction thereof for rotatably coupling said first frame and said second frame together, and the second coupling member provided on the other end side of said electrophotographic photosensitive member in the lengthwise direction thereof for rotatably coupling said first frame and said second frame together, said disassembling tool having:
- a first base body;
- a first engagement portion provided on said first base body and adapted to be engaged with said process cartridge to thereby position said process cartridge when said disassembling tool is mounted on said process cartridge;
- a first pushing-out portion provided for movement relative to said first base body for pushing out said first coupling member;
- a second base body;
- a second engagement portion provided on said second base body and adapted to be engaged with said process cartridge to thereby position said process cartridge when said disassembling tool is mounted on said process cartridge;
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- a second pushing-out portion provided for movement relative to said second base body for pushing out said second coupling member;
- said first engagement portion being provided at a location opposed to said first pushing-out portion in a movement direction in which said first pushing-out portion is moved, and said second engagement portion being provided at a location opposed to said second pushing-out portion in a movement direction in which said second pushing-out portion is moved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.