US 12,287,601 B2
Cartridge, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
Masaaki Sato, Yokohama (JP); Kazuhiko Kanno, Odawara (JP); Satoshi Nishiya, Machida (JP); and Masatoshi Yamashita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/679,707.
Application 18/679,707 is a division of application No. 18/110,429, filed on Feb. 16, 2023, granted, now 12,050,432.
Application 18/110,429 is a division of application No. 17/752,042, filed on May 24, 2022, granted, now 11,614,710, issued on Mar. 28, 2023.
Application 17/752,042 is a division of application No. 17/114,535, filed on Dec. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,385,593, issued on Jul. 12, 2022.
Application 17/114,535 is a division of application No. 16/890,064, filed on Jun. 2, 2020, granted, now 10,901,365, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Application 16/890,064 is a division of application No. 16/171,786, filed on Oct. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,705,480, issued on Jul. 7, 2020.
Application 16/171,786 is a division of application No. 15/034,996, granted, now 10,139,777, issued on Nov. 27, 2018, previously published as PCT/JP2014/082768, filed on Dec. 4, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 2013-253522 (JP), filed on Dec. 6, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0319663 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/18 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1842 (2013.01) [G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 21/1821 (2013.01); G03G 21/1857 (2013.01); G03G 21/186 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge comprising:
a developing roller rotatable about a rotational axis thereof;
a movable lever; and
a coupling member operatively connected to the developing roller, the coupling member being movable, in response to a movement of the lever, between (a) a first position in which the coupling member is exposed to outside of the cartridge, and (b) a second position,
wherein the coupling member is provided at a first end portion on a first side of the cartridge, and
wherein, in a direction of the rotational axis of the developing roller, the first position is farther from a second end portion provided on a second side of the cartridge that is opposite to the first end portion on the first side of the cartridge than the second position is from the second end portion on the second side of the cartridge.