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US 5,497,220 AGranted
Developing cartridge having support member for rotatably supporting developing device, and developing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMitsugu Inomata, Hisayoshi Kojima
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Abstract
A developing cartridge includes a developing device having a containing portion containing developer and a bearing member for bearing the developing device, a support member adapted to rotatably support the developing device and having an opening portion, and a lock for locking a rotation of the developing device with respect to the support member at a position there the bearing member is not aligned with the opening portion.
Claims9
A developing cartridge comprising:
- a developing device having a containing portion containing developer, and a bearing member for bearing the developer;
- a support member adapted to rotatably support said developing device and having an opening portion;
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- lock means for locking a rotation of said developing device with respect to said support member at a position where said bearing member is not aligned with said opening portion.
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A developing apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable developing unit;
- a developing cartridge detachably supported by said developing unit, said developing cartridge including a developing device having a containing portion for containing developer, a bearing member for bearing the developer thereon, and a support member, having an opening portion, for rotatably supporting said developing device and being non-rotatably supported by said developing unit;
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- rotation means for rotating said developing device relative to said support member during a rotation of said developing unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.