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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasatomo Tsuzuki, Susumu Nittani, Tatsuya Suzuki, Kanji Yokomori, Hideki Maeshima
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When a space holding member for holding a photosensitive drum and a developing roller in a spaced-apart state act on a process cartridge main body, the photosensitive drum and the developing roller are held in the spaced-apart state, and when the holding member is acting on a process cartridge, a storing medium provided in the process cartridge and the communication member of the storing medium are covered and hidden by the holding member. By the above-described construction, the spacing-apart of the developing roller and the protection of the storing medium can be effected by a member, and an improvement in usability and the curtailment of the number of parts can be achieved.
A holding member provided on a process cartridge main body configured and positioned to hold an image bearing member and a process device in one of a spaced-apart state and a pressure released state when said holding member acts on the process cartridge main body, said holding member comprising:
A process cartridge detachably mountable on an image forming apparatus main body, said process cartridge comprising:
A process cartridge detachably mountable on an image forming apparatus main body, said process cartridge comprising:
A process cartridge detachably mountable on an image forming apparatus main body, said process cartridge comprising:
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