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.
Claims11
A disassembling tool for pushing a 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 the electrophotographic photosensitive member, a first frame, a second frame and the coupling member for rotatably coupling the first frame and the second frame together, said disassembling tool having:
- a base body;
- an engagement portion provided on said base body and adapted to be engaged with the process cartridge to thereby position the process cartridge when said disassembling tool is mounted on the process cartridge;
- a pushing-out portion provided for movement relative to said base body and configured and positioned to push out the coupling member;
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- a grip portion configured and positioned to be gripped when said pushing-out portion is to be moved, and connected to said pushing-out portion,
- said engagement portion being provided at a location opposed to said pushing-out portion in a movement direction in which said pushing-out portion is moved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.