US 12,066,785 B2
Cartridge and image forming apparatus
Sohta Sugimoto, Kanagawa (JP); Shunsuke Hijikata, Kanagawa (JP); Naoki Hayashi, Kanagawa (JP); Yu Fukasawa, Tokyo (JP); Seiya Ishikawa, Tokyo (JP); Shinichi Nishida, Kanagawa (JP); Shinjiro Toba, Kanagawa (JP); Takeo Kawanami, Kanagawa (JP); Yuichi Fukui, Kanagawa (JP); and Yasuyuki Egami, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/117,557.
Application 18/117,557 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/035216, filed on Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-156776 (JP), filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0205128 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1647 (2013.01) [G03G 21/1652 (2013.01); G03G 21/1676 (2013.01); G03G 21/186 (2013.01); G03G 21/1864 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1654 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1657 (2013.01)] 41 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge comprising:
a photosensitive member;
a developing member for depositing toner onto the photosensitive member;
a coupling member capable of receiving a driving force for rotating the developing member;
a movable portion movable between a driving force transmitting position for permitting transmission of the driving force from the coupling member to the developing member and a driving force interrupting position for interrupting the transmission of the driving force from the coupling member to the developing member;
a holding portion for holding the movable portion in the driving force interrupting position so that the movable portion is restricted in the driving force interrupting position,
wherein the movable portion is capable of taking the driving force transmitting position and the driving force interrupting position in a state where the developing member is in a position where the toner is capable of being deposited on the photosensitive member.