CN215067734U - Processing box - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a processing box, detachable install have electrical contact, drive member and by the guide part in the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, include: a first housing storing a developer; a storage part storing related information about the process cartridge and electrically contactable with the electrical contacts; a driving force receiving member engageable with the driving member to receive the driving force transmitted from the driving member; a regulating portion urging the driving member to engage with the driving force receiving member; the apparatus further includes a support portion configured to support the process cartridge as a portion supporting the process cartridge when the process cartridge is placed on a horizontal surface, the storage member is at a bottom of the process cartridge and is inclined with respect to the horizontal surface, and a guide member configured to guide the guided portion and to guide the electrical contact into contact with the storage member during mounting of the process cartridge to the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the guide member being spaced apart from the horizontal surface.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to an electrophotographic imaging technical field especially relates to a processing box.
Background
As shown in fig. 1-2, a process cartridge B of the prior art, detachably mountable to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus a having electrical contacts 12 capable of inputting and outputting information, includes: a grip portion 71F by which a user can grip the process cartridge B; a storage part 24 electrically contactable with the electrical contacts 12 to establish a communication connection with the electrophotographic image forming apparatus a; the guides 27c and the upper guides 27d, which are configured as ribs, are respectively provided on both sides of the storage part 24. In the process of mounting the process cartridge B to the electrophotographic image forming apparatus a, the guide 27c and the upper guide 27d of the process cartridge B are inserted into the guided portions 14L and 14H of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus a, and the storage member 24 provided on the process cartridge B is guided to the contact position with the electrical contacts 12 of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus a so that the storage member 24 can be electrically contacted with the electrophotographic image forming apparatus a. When the user needs to place the process cartridge B on a horizontal surface F such as a desk or a floor, the guide 27c may also support the process cartridge B as a part of the bottom support portion 25 of the process cartridge B to stabilize the placement posture of the process cartridge B.
Although the guide 27c has a role of stably supporting the posture of the process cartridge B when the process cartridge B is placed on the horizontal surface F, since the guide 27c also has a role of guiding the storage member 24 to be in electrical contact with the electrical contacts 12, the posture of the process cartridge B is supported using the guide 27c, there is a possibility that deformation and breakage of the guide 27c are caused, and further the guiding function of the guide 27c is impaired so that the guide 27c cannot enter the guided portion 14L, so that mounting interference occurs, causing a problem that the storage member 24 cannot establish communication connection with the electrical contacts 12.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a novel processing box, which is mainly realized by the following technical solution:
a process cartridge detachably mountable to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus having an electric contact, a driving member, and a guided portion, comprising:
a first housing storing a developer;
a storage part provided on one side in a longitudinal direction of the process cartridge, the storage part storing information about the process cartridge and being electrically contactable with the electrical contacts;
a driving force receiving member provided at the other side in the longitudinal direction of the process cartridge, the driving force receiving member being engageable with the driving member to receive the driving force transmitted by the driving member;
a regulating portion that can urge the driving member into engagement with the driving force receiving member;
further comprising a support portion configured to guide the guided portion and to guide the electrical contact into contact with the storage member during mounting of the process cartridge to the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the support portion supporting the process cartridge as a portion supporting the process cartridge when the process cartridge is placed on a horizontal surface with the storage member at a bottom of the process cartridge and inclined with respect to the horizontal surface with the guide spaced apart from the horizontal surface.
Further, the first housing includes a first housing main body, and a drive-side cover portion and a non-drive-side cover portion that are provided on both sides of the first housing main body in a longitudinal direction, the guide member is provided on the non-drive-side cover portion, and the support portion is provided on the first housing main body.
Further, the support portion is configured as a rib extending outwardly from the first housing body.
Further, when the process cartridge is placed on a horizontal surface with the storage member at the bottom of the process cartridge and inclined with respect to the horizontal surface, the guide member is disposed outside a space formed by the storage member and the horizontal surface.
Further, when the process cartridge is placed on a horizontal surface with the storage member at the bottom of the process cartridge and inclined with respect to the horizontal surface, the guide member is provided in a space formed by the storage member and the horizontal surface.
Further, the two support parts are respectively arranged at two sides of the longitudinal direction of the processing box.
Further, the support portion has a contact surface which contacts a horizontal surface, the contact surface being configured to be a flat surface, the flat surface of the contact surface being substantially coincident with the horizontal surface when the process cartridge is placed on the horizontal surface with the storage member at the bottom of the process cartridge and inclined with respect to the horizontal surface.
When the processing box is placed on the horizontal surface, the supporting part arranged on the first shell body is contacted with the horizontal surface, so that not only the placing posture of the processing box can be stably maintained, but also the conductive side cover part or the guide part positioned on the conductive side cover part can not be directly contacted with the horizontal surface, and the installation interference of the processing box caused by the deformation damage of the conductive side cover part or the guide part positioned on the conductive side cover part is avoided.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a prior art process cartridge placed on a horizontal surface;
FIG. 2 is a partial schematic view of a prior art cartridge guide guiding a storage member into contact with electrical contacts;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an angle of the process cartridge of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of another angle of the cartridge of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the cartridge of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic view showing the process cartridge of the present invention placed on a horizontal surface.
Detailed Description
In order to make the object, technical solution and technical effect of the embodiment of the present invention clearer, the following will clearly and completely describe the technical solution of the process cartridge of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be apparent that the described embodiment is only one preferred embodiment of the present invention, not all embodiments, and other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive efforts based on the embodiments of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
1. As shown in fig. 2 to 6, a process cartridge 150 of the present invention, which is detachably mountable to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus a having an electric contact 12, a driving member (not shown) and guided portions 14L, 14H, the process cartridge 150 includes a driving force receiving member 127 and a regulating portion 145 provided on one side of a longitudinal direction of the process cartridge 150, in the following description, a side where the driving force receiving member 127 and the regulating portion 145 are located is referred to as a driving side, and the other side of the longitudinal direction of the process cartridge 150 opposite to the driving side is referred to as a non-driving side, and in a process of mounting the process cartridge 150 to the electrophotographic image forming apparatus a, the regulating portion 145 may forcibly push the driving member to engage with the driving force receiving member 127 to receive a driving force transmitted from the driving member; the process cartridge 150 further includes a first casing 130 and a second casing 140 coupled to each other, the first casing 130 storing a developer required for development, the second casing 140 collecting a waste developer remaining after development, the first casing 130 including a first casing main body 130a, and a driving-side cover portion 136 and a non-driving-side cover portion 135 provided at both sides of the first casing main body 130a in a longitudinal direction, specifically, the driving-side cover portion 136 is mounted on a driving side of the process cartridge 150 in a manner of covering a gear train of the process cartridge 150 capable of transmitting a driving force, and the non-driving-side cover portion 135 is mounted on a non-driving side of the process cartridge 150 in a manner of supporting the storage member 124 and the guide member 120 a. The process cartridge 150 further includes a storage part 124 on the non-driving side cover part 135 of the process cartridge 150 and a storage part mounting bracket 120 for supporting the storage part 124, the storage part 124 may store information on the process cartridge 150 such as the model number, the number of printed pages, etc., the storage part 124 may be electrically contacted with the electrical contacts 12 of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus a so that the process cartridge 150 establishes a communication connection with the electrophotographic image forming apparatus a, a guide 120a is further provided on the storage part mounting bracket 120 on the side of the storage part 124, and when the process cartridge 150 is placed on the horizontal surface F in a posture in which the storage part 124 is at the bottom of the process cartridge 150 and faces the horizontal surface F and is inclined with respect to the horizontal surface F, the guide 120a is provided on the side of the storage part 124 farther from the horizontal surface F (i.e., outside the space formed by the storage part 124 and the horizontal surface F) and is not provided on the other side of the storage part 124 (i.e., inside the space formed by the storage part 124 and the horizontal surface F) A guide member is provided, the guide member 120a is inserted into the guided portion 14H to guide the storage member 124 to contact the electrical contacts 12 during the process of mounting the process cartridge 150 to the electrophotographic image forming apparatus a, and by providing the guide member 120a on only one side of the storage member 124, the guide member 120a does not contact the horizontal surface F, while ensuring that the process cartridge 150 still has a guiding function, the problem of guide member function failure due to deformation of the guide member caused by long-time contact with the horizontal surface F is also avoided; a grip 171 by which the user can grip the process cartridge 150. Alternatively, both sides of the storage member 124 may be provided with guides, but when the process cartridge 150 is placed on the horizontal surface F, the storage member 124 is at the bottom of the process cartridge 150 and is inclined with respect to the horizontal surface F, the guides closer to the horizontal surface F are spaced from the horizontal surface F, while ensuring that the guides do not contact the horizontal surface F, and further enhancing the guiding effect.
The process cartridge 150 further includes a support portion 131 provided on the first casing 130, the support portion 131 being located at the bottom of the process cartridge 150 when the process cartridge 150 is hung by a user gripping a portion of the grip portion 171, the support portion 131 serving as a portion supporting the process cartridge 150 when the process cartridge 150 is placed on the horizontal surface F, the storage member 124 is at the bottom of the process cartridge 150 and is inclined with respect to the horizontal surface F, the guide member 14H being spaced from the horizontal surface F, and by providing the support portion 131, the process cartridge 150 is prevented from rolling due to unstable placement posture to damage parts of the process cartridge 150; preferably, the support portion 131 is provided on the first casing body 130a, avoiding installation interference caused by deformation of the conductive side cover portion 135 due to contact of the conductive side cover portion 135 with the horizontal surface F, which causes a displacement of the position of the guide 14H on the conductive side cover portion 135 with respect to the electrophotographic image forming apparatus a, provided on the conductive side cover portion 135; preferably, the two supporting portions 131 are arranged substantially symmetrically on both sides of the longitudinal direction of the first casing main body 130a, so that relative balance is achieved in the longitudinal direction of the first casing main body 130a, and the placement stability of the process cartridge 150 is improved; preferably, the supporting portion 131 is configured as a rib, the rib is configured to extend outwards from the first casing main body 130a, the rib has a simple structure and is easy to manufacture, and optionally, the supporting portion 131 may be a part of the first casing main body 130a and directly support the process cartridge 150 by the first casing 130 a; the support portion 131 has a contact surface 131a which is in contact with the horizontal surface F when the process cartridge 150 is placed on the horizontal surface F, the contact surface 131a is located at an extended end of the support portion 131, the contact surface 131a is preferably flat, and when the process cartridge 150 is placed on the horizontal surface F, the plane of the contact surface 131a substantially coincides with the horizontal surface F, increasing the contact area of the contact surface 131a with the horizontal surface F, and improving the placement stability of the process cartridge. Alternatively, the positions of the supporting portions 131 are not limited, and may be disposed at two sides of the longitudinal direction of the first casing main body 130a, or may be disposed at other positions of the middle of the first casing main body 130a, such as the driving side cover portion 136, the non-driving side cover portion 135, and of course, the number of the supporting portions 131 is not limited to 2 in the present invention, or may be 1 or more than 2, and may achieve the technical effect of stably supporting the process cartridge 150.
Advantageous effects
When the processing box is placed on the horizontal surface, the supporting part arranged on the first shell body is contacted with the horizontal surface, so that not only the placing posture of the processing box can be stably maintained, but also the conductive side cover part or the guide part positioned on the conductive side cover part can not be directly contacted with the horizontal surface, and the installation interference of the processing box caused by the deformation damage of the conductive side cover part or the guide part positioned on the conductive side cover part is avoided.
The above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.
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1. A process cartridge detachably mountable to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus having an electric contact, a driving member, and a guided portion, comprising:
a first housing storing a developer;
a storage part provided on one side in a longitudinal direction of the process cartridge, the storage part storing information about the process cartridge and being electrically contactable with the electrical contacts;
a driving force receiving member provided at the other side in the longitudinal direction of the process cartridge, the driving force receiving member being engageable with the driving member to receive the driving force transmitted by the driving member;
a regulating portion that can urge the driving member into engagement with the driving force receiving member;
characterized by further comprising a support portion configured to guide the guided portion and to guide the electrical contact into contact with the storage member during mounting of the process cartridge to the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the support portion supporting the process cartridge as a portion supporting the process cartridge when the process cartridge is placed on a horizontal surface with the storage member at a bottom of the process cartridge and inclined with respect to the horizontal surface with the guide spaced from the horizontal surface.
2. A process cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said first casing includes a first casing main body, and a driving side cover portion and a non-driving side cover portion provided on both sides in a longitudinal direction of said first casing main body, said guide member is provided on said non-driving side cover portion, and said support portion is provided on said first casing main body.
3. A process cartridge according to claim 2, wherein said supporting portion is configured as a rib extending outwardly from said first casing main body.
4. A process cartridge according to claim 1, wherein when said process cartridge is placed on a horizontal surface with said storage member at a bottom of said process cartridge and inclined with respect to the horizontal surface, said guide member is disposed outside a space formed by said storage member and the horizontal surface.
5. A process cartridge according to claim 1, wherein when said process cartridge is placed on a horizontal surface with said storage member at a bottom of said process cartridge and inclined with respect to the horizontal surface, said guide member is provided in a space defined by said storage member and the horizontal surface.
6. A process cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said supporting portion is provided in two, respectively at both sides in a longitudinal direction of said process cartridge.
7. A process cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said supporting portion has a contact surface which is in contact with a horizontal surface, said contact surface being configured to be flat, and when said process cartridge is placed on the horizontal surface with said storage member at the bottom of said process cartridge and inclined with respect to the horizontal surface, the plane of said contact surface is substantially coincident with the horizontal surface.
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