CN213338325U - Drum assembly and printing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a drum assembly and a printing device. The application provides a drum subassembly includes sensitization drum unit, powder box and handle spare, sensitization drum unit has the storage tank that is used for the holding powder box, handle spare sets up in the edge outside of storage tank, and handle spare is through pivot and sensitization drum unit rotatable coupling, in order to be used for carrying and carry sensitization drum unit, handle spare is provided with the application of force portion that extends to the powder box on the lateral wall towards the powder box, the outside convex bulge has on the lateral wall towards handle spare of powder box, and the bulge fender is established in the top of the handle spare direction of rotation of edge of application of force portion, handle spare can be sensitization drum unit relatively and rotate, in order to incite somebody to action the powder box storage tank is ejecting. The application provides a drum subassembly is convenient for the user to take out the powder box from the holding tank, and is more laborsaving, has improved user experience.

Description

Drum assembly and printing device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of imaging consumables, in particular to a drum assembly and a printing device.

Background

Printing device is in life and work as an office accommodation wide application, and the drum subassembly is as the very important part among the printing device for printing device's development formation of image, is provided with the powder box on the drum subassembly usually, and the powder box is used for the storage and provides developers such as carbon dust to the drum subassembly, and the drum subassembly is on the carbon dust rendition is to the paper after the development formation of image to realize printing the function.

Among the prior art, the powder box is usually detachable installs on the drum subassembly to set up with the sensitization drum in the drum subassembly relatively, in order to supply the carbon dust to the sensitization drum, in order to guarantee the fixed reliability of powder box installation on the drum subassembly, the outer wall of powder box need with the casing interference fit of drum subassembly, thereby avoid the powder box to produce and rock, when the powder box is taken off to needs, the user can overcome the frictional force of powder box outer wall and drum subassembly casing, takes out the powder box from the drum subassembly and pulls out.

However, the prior art has the defects of difficulty and labor in taking the powder box out of the drum assembly and inconvenient operation.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to at least partially overcome the above-mentioned deficiencies in the prior art, one of the objectives of the present application is to provide a drum assembly and a printing apparatus, so that a user can easily take off a powder cartridge from the drum assembly, thereby improving user experience.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiments of the present application adopt the following technical solutions:

in a first aspect, the present application provides a drum assembly, this drum assembly includes sensitization drum unit, powder box and handle spare, sensitization drum unit has the storage tank that is used for holding the powder box, handle spare sets up the edge outside at the storage tank, and handle spare is through pivot and sensitization drum unit rotatable coupling, in order to be used for carrying and carry sensitization drum unit, when drum assembly is installed and is used on printing device, handle spare can rotate and pack up, and when taking off from printing device, can rotate and open, be convenient for carry and take.

Wherein, be provided with the application of force portion that extends to the powder box on the lateral wall of the face to the powder box of handle spare, the outside convex bulge has on the lateral wall of the face to the handle spare of powder box, and the bulge keeps off and establish the top along handle spare direction of rotation in application of force portion, handle spare can be rotated to the position of closing close to the powder box or the open position that deviates from the powder box relatively sensitization drum unit, when handle spare is moved to open position by closing the position, application of force portion offsets with the diapire of bulge to with the ejecting storage tank of powder box.

The application provides a drum subassembly, edge through at sensitization drum unit storage tank sets up handle spare, utilize the application of force portion on the handle spare and the bulge butt on the powder box, lever structure has been formed, thereby the user can rotate handle spare when needing to take off the powder box from drum subassembly, use the pivot of handle spare as the fulcrum, prize the powder box from the storage tank inslot, the user that can be convenient for like this takes out the powder box from the storage tank inslot, and is more laborsaving, user experience has been improved.

As an alternative embodiment, when the handle member is located at the closed position, the rotating shaft of the handle member is spaced from the compact, so that the handle member is located at the side of the compact when the handle member is closed, and interference with the box body of the compact when the handle member rotates can be avoided.

As an optional implementation manner, the handle piece includes a holding portion and two connecting portions respectively connected at opposite ends of the holding portion, the connecting portion is hinged to the photosensitive drum unit through the rotating shaft, the force application portion is disposed on the connecting portion, and the distance between the force application portion and the rotating shaft is smaller than the distance between the holding portion and the rotating shaft, so that when the rotating shaft is used as a fulcrum to pry the powder box, the distance between the holding portion held by the user and the fulcrum is greater than the distance between the force application portion and a protruding portion abutting position of the powder box and the fulcrum, and therefore, the handle piece is more labor-saving in the process of rotating.

As an optional implementation manner, the first end of the connecting portion is connected with the holding portion, the second end of the connecting portion extends to the side of the handle member and forms a rotating shaft, a shaft hole matched with the second end of the connecting portion is formed in the photosensitive drum unit, the rotating shaft extends into the shaft hole to enable the connecting portion and the photosensitive drum unit to rotate relatively, the force application portion is located at the second end of the connecting portion, and a certain distance is formed between the holding portion and the accommodating groove in the photosensitive drum unit, so that a space for a user to hold is formed.

As an optional implementation manner, the two force application portions are symmetrically arranged on the two connecting portions respectively, and the two force application portions are located at two ends of the protruding portion, namely, located at two opposite sides of the powder box, so that when the force application portion jacks up the powder box, the acting force on the powder box is more balanced, and the whole powder box can be pried up from the accommodating groove.

As an alternative embodiment, the force application portion is a protrusion protruding toward the powder box, the protrusion is a strip-shaped plate protruding from a side wall of the powder box, a length direction of the strip-shaped plate is parallel to a length direction of the handle, the length of the strip-shaped plate is greater than that of the handle, so that the protruding force application portion can be abutted and matched with the protrusion, and the strip-shaped plate-shaped protrusion can extend to positions at two ends of the handle from two sides, so that the protrusion can be abutted to the force application portions at two sides of the handle at the same time.

As an alternative embodiment, when the handle member is in the closed position, the force application portion extends below the bottom wall of the protrusion portion, so that when the user rotates the handle member, the force application portion can apply an upward force to the protrusion portion with the rotating shaft as a fulcrum, thereby ejecting the powder container from the container.

As an alternative embodiment, the powder box has a toner supply opening, and the handle member is located on the side of the powder box facing away from the toner supply opening, so that when the handle member is rotated, there is enough space for the user to operate.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a printing apparatus comprising a drum assembly as described above, the drum assembly being removably mountable on the printing apparatus.

The application provides a drum component and a printing device, the drum component comprises a photosensitive drum unit, a powder box and a handle component, the photosensitive drum unit is provided with a containing groove for containing the powder box, the handle component is arranged at the outer side of the edge of the containing groove and is rotatably connected with the photosensitive drum unit through a rotating shaft for lifting the photosensitive drum unit, wherein a force application part extending towards the powder box is arranged on the side wall of the handle component facing the powder box, a convex part protruding outwards is arranged on the side wall of the powder box facing the handle component, the convex part is blocked and arranged above the force application part along the rotating direction of the handle component, the handle component can rotate relative to the photosensitive drum unit to a closing position close to the powder box or an opening position deviating from the powder box, when the handle component moves from the closing position to the opening position, the force application part is abutted against the bottom wall of the convex part, the force application part on the handle component is abutted against the convex part on the powder box, the lever structure is formed, so that a user can rotate the handle part when the powder box is required to be taken down from the drum assembly, the powder box is pried up from the containing groove by taking the rotating shaft of the handle part as a fulcrum, the user can take out the powder box from the containing groove conveniently, the labor is saved, and the user experience is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained from the drawings without inventive effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a drum assembly provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the drum assembly with the handle members closed as provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the drum assembly with the handle member open as provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a partial view of the abutment position of the force application portion and the projection portion in the drum assembly according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a photosensitive drum unit in a drum assembly according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a handle member of the drum assembly provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a powder box in a drum assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Reference numerals:

10-a photosensitive drum unit;

101-a containing groove;

20-powder box;

201-a projection;

30-a handle member;

301-a force application portion;

302-a rotating shaft;

31-a grip portion;

32-a connecting portion;

321-a first end;

322-second end.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application, generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, can be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Printing device is in life and work as an office accommodation wide application, and the drum subassembly is as the very important part among the printing device for printing device's development formation of image, is provided with the powder box on the drum subassembly usually, and the powder box is used for the storage and provides developers such as carbon dust to the drum subassembly, and the drum subassembly is on the carbon dust rendition is to the paper after the development formation of image to realize printing the function.

Among the prior art, the powder box is usually detachable installs on the drum subassembly, and set up with the sensitization drum in the drum subassembly relatively, the confession china ink mouth of powder box is towards the sensitization drum, in order to supply the carbon dust to the sensitization drum, in order to guarantee the fixed reliability of powder box installation on the drum subassembly, the outer wall of powder box need with the casing interference fit of drum subassembly, thereby avoid the powder box to produce and rock, when the powder box is taken off to needs, the user can overcome the frictional force of powder box outer wall and drum subassembly casing, take out the powder box from the drum subassembly and pull out.

However, the powder box takes out the difficulty from the drum subassembly among the prior art and difficultly, and the user need overcome the frictional force of joint between powder box and the drum subassembly casing when taking out the powder box, pulls out the powder box hard, and the operation is inconvenient, and user experience is relatively poor.

In order to at least partially overcome the above-mentioned deficiencies in the prior art, one of the objectives of the present application is to provide a drum assembly and a printing apparatus, so that a user can easily take off a powder cartridge from the drum assembly, thereby improving user experience.

Example one

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a drum assembly provided in an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 1, the embodiment provides a drum assembly, the drum assembly includes a photosensitive drum unit 10, a powder box 20, and a handle member 30, the photosensitive drum unit 10 has a containing groove 101 for containing the powder box 20, the handle member 30 is disposed outside an edge of the containing groove 101, and the handle member 30 is rotatably connected to the photosensitive drum unit 10 through a rotating shaft 302 for lifting the photosensitive drum unit 10, when the drum assembly is mounted on a printing device for use, the handle member 30 can be rotatably retracted, and when the drum assembly is taken down from the printing device, the drum assembly can be rotatably opened for being conveniently lifted.

Specifically, a side wall of the handle 30 facing the compact 20 may be provided with a force applying portion 301 extending toward the compact 20, the side wall of the compact 20 facing the handle 30 has a protruding portion 201 protruding outward, and the protruding portion 201 is blocked above the force applying portion 301 along a rotation direction of the handle, the handle 30 may rotate to a closed position close to the compact 20 or an open position away from the compact 20 relative to the photosensitive drum unit, when the handle 30 moves from the closed position to the open position, the force applying portion 301 abuts against a bottom wall of the protruding portion 201, and when the handle 30 rotates, the force applying portion 301 may generate an upward acting force on the protruding portion 201, so as to eject the compact 20 out of the accommodating groove 101.

Optionally, the powder cartridge 20 is a storage member for storing developers such as carbon powder, the specific shape and size of the powder cartridge 10 may be designed according to the design requirement of the printing device installed on the drum assembly, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment, and the specific shape of the accommodating groove 101 is matched with the shape of the powder cartridge 20 to ensure the stability of the installation of the powder cartridge 20 in the accommodating groove 101.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a drum assembly provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure when a handle is closed, fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the drum assembly provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure when the handle is opened, and fig. 4 is a partial view of a position where a force application portion abuts against a protrusion portion in the drum assembly provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, in this embodiment, by providing the handle 30 at an edge of an accommodating groove 101 of the photosensitive drum unit 10, a lever structure is formed by abutting a force application portion 301 on the handle 30 against a protrusion portion 201 on an outer wall of the powder container 20, so that a user can rotate the handle 30 when needing to remove the powder container 20 from the drum assembly, and pry up the powder container 20 from the accommodating groove 101 with a rotating shaft 302 of the handle 30 as a fulcrum, which is convenient for the user to take out the powder container 20 from the accommodating groove 101, and saves more labor, and improves user experience.

In addition, FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a photosensitive drum unit in a drum assembly according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 5, the photosensitive drum unit 10 may include a casing, and a developing image forming member such as a drum core, a developing roller, a charging roller, etc., the casing may have a chamber for accommodating the developing image forming member such as the drum core, the developing roller, and the charging roller, the containing groove 101 is a mounting groove for mounting the powder box 20 on the housing, the chamber for accommodating the developing imaging component is located at one side of the containing groove 101, and the handle member 30 is installed at the other side of the container 101, when the compact 20 is installed in the container 101, the toner cartridge 20 can supply toner to a chamber housing developing image forming components such as a drum core, a developing roller and a charging roller, for developing and imaging, the specific internal structure of the photosensitive drum unit 10, the installation position relationship of each developing and imaging component, and the working principle are the prior art, and are not described herein again.

As an alternative embodiment, when the handle member 30 is in the closed position, the rotation axis 302 of the handle member 30 is spaced from the compact 20, so that the handle member 30 is located at the side of the compact 20 when closed.

Specifically, because the abutting mode of the handle 30 and the powder box 20 is a lever structure, when the handle 30 rotates, the top end of the handle moves in the direction away from the powder box 20, and the bottom end of the handle 30 at the other end of the lever moves in the direction close to the powder box 20, the rotating shaft 302 of the handle 30 has a certain design clearance with the powder box 20, that is, the fulcrum of the lever has a certain design clearance with the powder box 20, so that when the bottom end of the handle 30 moves towards the powder box 20, the interference with the box body of the powder box 20 is avoided.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a handle member in a drum assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and as an alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the handle member 30 may include a holding portion 31 and two connecting portions 32 respectively connected to opposite ends of the holding portion 31, the connecting portions 32 are hinged to the photosensitive drum unit 10 through a rotating shaft 302, and a force application portion 301 is disposed on the connecting portions 32.

Specifically, the distance between the force application portion 301 and the rotating shaft 302 is smaller than the distance between the holding portion 31 and the rotating shaft 302, so that when the powder container 20 is pried by taking the rotating shaft 302 as a fulcrum, the distance from the holding portion 31 held by the user to the fulcrum is larger than the distance from the abutting position of the force application portion 301 and the protruding portion 201 of the powder container 20 to the fulcrum, that is, the holding end of the user has a longer moment arm, and therefore, the labor is saved in the process of rotating the handle member 30.

Optionally, the first end 321 of the connecting portion 32 may be connected to the holding portion 31, the second end 322 of the connecting portion 32 extends to the side of the handle 30, and forms the rotating shaft 302, and the photosensitive drum unit 10 is provided with a shaft hole that is matched with the second end 322 of the connecting portion 32, the rotating shaft 302 extends into the shaft hole, so that the connecting portion 32 and the photosensitive drum unit 10 can rotate relatively, the force application portion 301 is located at the second end 322 of the connecting portion 32, and a certain distance is provided between the holding portion 31 and the accommodating groove 101 on the photosensitive drum unit 10, so that a space for a user to hold is provided. The rotary shaft 302 may be mounted in a clearance fit with the shaft hole of the photosensitive drum unit 10, thereby preventing frictional resistance from being generated during rotation.

Note that the grip portion 31 and the two connecting portions 32 of the handle member 30 together form a U-shaped structure, the opening of the U-shaped structure faces the photosensitive drum unit 10, and the urging portion 301 is located at the opening end portion of the U-shaped structure. In addition, the holding portion 31 and the connecting portion 32 of the handle 30 can be designed to be hollow structures, and reinforcing ribs can be arranged in the hollow grooves, so that the weight of the handle 30 can be reduced while the structural strength of the handle 30 is improved.

As an alternative embodiment, the two force application portions 301 may be symmetrically disposed on the two connecting portions 32, and the two force application portions 301 are respectively opposite to two ends of the protruding portion 201, that is, located at two opposite sides of the compact 20, so that when the force application portion 301 lifts up the compact 20, the acting force on the compact 20 is more balanced, and the compact 20 can be lifted up from the storage slot 101 as a whole, thereby preventing one side of the compact 20 from tilting from the storage slot 101 and the other side of the compact from being stuck in the storage slot 101.

Specifically, the force application portion 301 may be a protrusion protruding toward the compact 20, and the force application portion 301 may extend in a direction perpendicular to the rod body of the connection portion 32, when the handle 30 is located at the closed position, the handle 30 is parallel to the sidewall of the compact 20, and the force application portion 301 faces the sidewall of the compact, so that when the handle 30 is pulled to rotate, the force application portion 301 may tilt upward, abut against the protrusion 201, and jack up the compact 20.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of the powder box in the drum assembly provided by the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 7, the protruding portion 201 is a strip-shaped plate protruding from the sidewall of the powder box 20, the length direction of the strip-shaped plate is parallel to the length direction of the handle 30, the length of the strip-shaped plate is greater than the length of the handle 30, so that the protruding force application portion 301 can be abutted to and matched with the protruding portion 201, and the strip-shaped protruding portion 201 can extend to the positions at the two ends of the handle 30 towards the two sides, so that the protruding portion 201 can be abutted to the two force application portions 301 at the two sides of the handle 30 at the same time, and when the powder box 20 is pried, the two ends of the protruding portion 201 are stressed.

Alternatively, when the handle member 30 is in the closed position, the force application portion 301 may extend below the bottom wall of the protrusion 201, so that when the user rotates the handle member 30, the force application portion 301 may generate an upward force on the protrusion 201 with the rotation shaft 302 as a fulcrum, thereby ejecting the compact 20 from the storage container 101.

As an alternative embodiment, the powder container 20 has an ink supply opening, and the handle member 30 is located on a side of the powder container 20 away from the ink supply opening, so that there is enough space for the user to move when the handle member 30 is rotated.

Specifically, the ink supply port of the powder cartridge 20 faces one side of the photosensitive drum unit 10 where the developing imaging components such as the drum core, the developing roller, and the charging roller are installed, and the ink supply port is in butt joint with the ink inlet of the chamber provided with the developing imaging components, so as to provide carbon powder when the drum assembly needs to develop and image.

The embodiment provides a drum assembly, which comprises a photosensitive drum unit, a powder box and a handle part, wherein the photosensitive drum unit is provided with a containing groove for containing the powder box, the handle part is arranged at the outer side of the edge of the containing groove and is rotatably connected with the photosensitive drum unit through a rotating shaft for lifting the photosensitive drum unit, a force application part extending towards the powder box is arranged on the side wall of the handle part facing the powder box, a convex part protruding outwards is arranged on the side wall of the powder box facing the handle part and is blocked above the force application part along the rotating direction of the handle part, the handle part can rotate to a closing position close to the powder box or an opening position departing from the powder box relative to the photosensitive drum unit, when the handle part moves from the closing position to the opening position, the force application part is abutted against the bottom wall of the convex part, and a lever structure is formed by abutting the force application part on the handle part against the convex part on the powder box, thereby the user can rotate the handle piece when need follow the powder box of taking off on the drum subassembly to thereby the pivot of handle piece prizes the powder box in the storage tank as the fulcrum, and the user of can being convenient for like this takes out the powder box from the storage tank, and is more laborsaving, improves user experience.

Example two

The embodiment provides a printing device, which comprises the drum assembly in the first embodiment, wherein the drum assembly is detachably mounted on the printing device, and comprises an induction drum unit 10, a powder box 20 and a handle part 30.

Specifically, powder box 20 is installed and is provided the carbon powder for response drum unit 10 on response drum unit 10, handle piece 30 sets up the one side at response drum unit 10, can be used for carrying and draw response drum unit 10, be provided with application of force portion 301 on handle piece 30 simultaneously, application of force portion 301 can prize powder box 20 when handle piece 30 rotates, thereby make powder box 20 and response drum unit 10 separation, handle piece 30 and powder box 20's cooperation mode and with response drum unit 10's connected mode all unanimous with embodiment one, no longer describe here any more. The printing device that this embodiment provided, when needing to change powder box 20 or need overhaul the drum subassembly, can very conveniently take off powder box 20 from the drum subassembly laborsavingly, improved user experience.

In the description of the present application, it is further noted that, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. A drum assembly includes a photosensitive drum unit, a powder cartridge, and a handle member; the photosensitive drum unit is provided with a containing groove for containing the powder box, the handle piece is arranged on the outer side of the edge of the containing groove, and the handle piece is rotatably connected with the photosensitive drum unit through a rotating shaft so as to be used for lifting the photosensitive drum unit;

a force application part extending towards the powder box is arranged on the side wall of the handle part facing the powder box, a convex part protruding outwards is arranged on the side wall of the powder box facing the handle part, and the convex part is arranged above the force application part along the rotation direction of the handle part in a blocking manner;

the handle piece can rotate to be close to the closing position of the powder box or deviate from the opening position of the powder box relative to the photosensitive drum unit, and when the handle piece moves from the closing position to the opening position, the force application part is abutted to the bottom wall of the protruding part so as to eject the powder box out of the accommodating groove.

2. A drum assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the handle member is spaced from the compact by a pivot axis when the handle member is in the closed position.

3. The drum assembly according to claim 2, wherein the handle member includes a holding portion and two connecting portions connected to opposite ends of the holding portion, respectively, the connecting portions being hinged to the photosensitive drum unit via the rotary shaft, the force application portion being provided on the connecting portions, and a distance between the force application portion and the rotary shaft being smaller than a distance between the holding portion and the rotary shaft.

4. A drum assembly according to claim 3, wherein a first end of the connecting portion is connected to the holding portion, a second end of the connecting portion extends laterally of the handle member and forms the shaft, and the photosensitive drum unit is provided with a shaft hole which is engaged with the second end of the connecting portion, and the shaft extends into the shaft hole to allow relative rotation between the connecting portion and the photosensitive drum unit; the force application part is positioned at the second end of the connecting part.

5. The drum assembly according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the force applying portions are two and symmetrically provided on the two connecting portions, respectively.

6. A drum assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1-4 wherein the force applying portion is a projection projecting toward the compact.

7. The drum assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the protrusion is a strip protruding from the sidewall of the compact, the length direction of the strip is parallel to the length direction of the handle, and the length of the strip is greater than the length of the handle.

8. The drum assembly of claim 7 wherein the force application portion extends below a bottom wall of the projection when the handle member is in the closed position.

9. A drum assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1-4 wherein the compact has a toner supply opening and the handle member is located on a side of the compact facing away from the toner supply opening.

10. A printing apparatus comprising a drum assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.

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