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US 2018/0120764 A1Published application
Cartridge and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorGo Katsumata
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Abstract
A cartridge includes a cartridge main body, a protection member, a rib of the cartridge main body, and a pair of guides of the protection member, wherein an upstream-side guide of the guides can guide the rib when the cartridge main body is inserted into a device main body, and terminates the guide after allowing the cartridge main body to be inserted up to a position where the cartridge main body becomes independent of the device main body.
Claims2
1-5. (canceled)
A cartridge detachably attachable to an image forming apparatus, the cartridge comprising:
- a photosensitive drum that is rotatable by a driving force from a main body of the image forming apparatus;
- a frame holding the photosensitive drum;
- an engaging portion configured to engage a guide portion provided on a side of the main body of the image forming apparatus;
- a protection cover protecting the photosensitive drum before the cartridge is attached to the main body of the image forming apparatus, the protection cover being detachably and attachably provided with the frame;
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- a sliding member provided with the protection cover and able to slide against the protection cover in a rotary axis direction of the photosensitive drum, the sliding member (i) vertically supporting an end portion of the frame at an upper side in an inserting direction of the cartridge in a state when the engaging portion engages with the guide portion and (ii) moving the cartridge to a predetermined position in the image forming apparatus by pushing the frame to move in the rotary axis direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.