Developing apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasato Tanabe, Kazutaka Sueshige, Teruhiko Sasaki, Tsukasa Abe, Osamu Anan
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Abstract
Disclosed is a developing apparatus including: a developer bearing member that bears a developer; a developing frame body that rotatably supports the developer bearing member; a one-end side end member that supports one-end side in an axis direction of the developer bearing member of the developing frame body; and another-end side end member that supports the other-end side in the axis direction of the developer bearing member of the developing frame body. Each of the one-end side end member and the other-end side end member is independently movable with respect to the developing frame body.
Claims30
A developing apparatus comprising:
- a developer bearing member;
- a developing frame body that rotatably supports the developer bearing member;
- a one-end side end member that supports one end of the developing frame body in an axis direction of the developer bearing member;
- and
- another-end side end member that supports the other end of the developing frame body in the axis direction of the developer bearing member, wherein
- each of the one-end side end member and the other-end side end member is independently rotatable with respect to the developing frame body.
A developing apparatus comprising:
- a developer bearing member;
- a developing frame body that rotatably supports the developer bearing member;
- an end member that is configured to support one of a one-end side and another-end side of the developing frame body while being configured not to support the other of the one-end side and the other-end side of the developing frame body, and is rotatable with respect to the developing frame body;
- a restricting member that restricts rotation of the end member;
- and
- a restricted portion capable of engaging with the restricting member, wherein
- the restricting member is movable to a position at which the restricting member engages with the restricted portion to restrict the rotation of the end member and a position at which the restricting member disengages from the restricted portion to allow the rotation of the end member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.