EP2230568B1 - Processing cartridge with a handle - Google Patents

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EP2230568B1
EP2230568B1 EP09155412A EP09155412A EP2230568B1 EP 2230568 B1 EP2230568 B1 EP 2230568B1 EP 09155412 A EP09155412 A EP 09155412A EP 09155412 A EP09155412 A EP 09155412A EP 2230568 B1 EP2230568 B1 EP 2230568B1
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Lianjun Wu
Geming Ding
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Zhuhai Seine Technology Co Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G21/00—Arrangements not provided for by groups G03G13/00 - G03G19/00, e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge
    • G03G21/16—Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements
    • G03G21/18—Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements using a processing cartridge, whereby the process cartridge comprises at least two image processing means in a single unit
    • G03G21/1839—Means for handling the process cartridge in the apparatus body
    • G03G21/1842—Means for handling the process cartridge in the apparatus body for guiding and mounting the process cartridge, positioning, alignment, locks
    • G03G21/1846—Means for handling the process cartridge in the apparatus body for guiding and mounting the process cartridge, positioning, alignment, locks using a handle for carrying or pulling out of the main machine, legs of casings
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G2221/00—Processes not provided for by group G03G2215/00, e.g. cleaning or residual charge elimination
    • G03G2221/16—Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements and complete machine concepts
    • G03G2221/18—Cartridge systems
    • G03G2221/183—Process cartridge
    • G03G2221/1846—Process cartridge using a handle for carrying or pulling out of the main machine

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  • the present invention involves a processing cartridge used in an electronic imaging device such as a laser printer, a copying machine or a fax machine.
  • the processing cartridge of an ordinary electronic imaging device comprises a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, and a casing containing the photosensitive drum and the developing roller.
  • the photosensitive drum is used to receive a electrostatic latent image; the developing roller provides the developer to the photosensitive drum to develop the electrostatic latent image.
  • an ordinary processing cartridge is provided with a handle on its casing, for the convenience of assembling and disassembling the processing cartridge easily.
  • the handle of the above mentioned processing cartridge extrudes farther than the periphery of the casing of the processing cartridge, which enlarges the dimension of the processing cartridge, and that is very uneconomical.
  • the existing techniques also provide another kind of processing cartridge, which is provided with a folding handle fixed to the casing of the processing cartridge by a pivot, to be capable of rotating around a pivot, so as to reduce the size of the processing cartridge; but when being assembled or disassembled, it is easy to rotate around the pivot, so it is not stable.
  • JP-A-02158757 , JP-A-2003084646 , US-A-2001/0055494 and CN-A-101373369 discloses a processing cartridge comprising a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a protective casing containing the photosensitive drum and the developing roller, wherein the photosensitive drum is fixed to the protective casing to form the electrostatic latent image and the developing roller develops the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum, and a handle retractably fixed to the protective casing which has an extending status and a shrinking status opposite to the extending status.
  • JP-A-02 158 757 discloses a cartridge according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the present invention provides a processing cartridge having the features of claim 1, the processing cartridge comprising a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a protective casing containing the photosensitive drum and the developing roller, wherein the photosensitive drum is fixed to the protective casing to form the electrostatic latent image and the developing roller develops the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum, and a handle retractably fixed to the protective casing, the handle has an extending status and a shrinking status opposite to the extending status, wherein the handle comprises at least one handle slide part, at least one handle support, at least one handle torsion spring and at least one handle stopper, wherein the handle support is fixed to the protective casing and is connected to the protective casing as one body, wherein the handle stopper and the handle torsion spring are fixed to the handle support, wherein the handle torsion spring is fixed to the handle stopper and is at a pre-tightening status so as to make the handle stopper have a certain restoring force, characterized in that a plurality of
  • the handle is symmetrically located at the approximately center of the protective casing.
  • Two sides of the handle support are separately provided with slideways, and the handle slide part can slide on the slideways, so as to make the handle to form the extending status and the shrinking status opposite to the extending status.
  • the block tip of the handle stopper When the handle is at the extending status, for the restoring force of the handle torsion spring, the block tip of the handle stopper is stuck into the block groove on the handle slide part; for the length of the block tip is longer than the vertical distance from the rotation axis to the handle slide part, at this time the block tip can apply an acting force to the bulge to limit the handle stopper to rotate counterclockwise, so as to make the handle slide part unable to slide downwards.
  • the block tip exits from the block groove, and at this time, under the action of the push force being applied, the handle slide part slides to the shrinking status along the slideway on the handle support.
  • the handle slide part can slide on the slideway to the extending status.
  • the structure is more stable and reliable than the folding handle.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the shrinking status of the processing cartridge in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the extending status of the processing cartridge in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional schematic diagram of the side of the processing cartridge in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a local enlarged schematic diagram of the handle of the processing cartridge in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the processing cartridge comprises a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a protective casing 1 containing the photosensitive drum and the developing roller, and a handle 2.
  • the handle 2 is retractably fixed on the protective casing 1, and is approximately located at the center of the protective casing 1 along the axial direction of the photosensitive drum, which has shrinking status and extending status.
  • the handle 2 comprises a handle slide part 3, a handle support 4, a handle torsion spring 5, and a handle stopper 6.
  • the handle support 4 is fixed to the protective casing 1, and is connected to it as one body; the handle torsion spring 5 is fixed to the handle stopper 6, and the handle stopper 6 is fixed to the handle support 4; the handle torsion spring 5 is at a pretightening status, to make the handle stopper 6 have a certain restoring force.
  • the two sides of the handle support 4 are separately provided with slideways 41; many bulges 31 are formed on the handle slide part 3, and block grooves 32 are formed between the bulges 31; the handle stopper 6 is provided with a block tip 61, a push pedal 62, and a rotation axis 63.
  • a pull force F1 is applied to the handle slide part 3, and the handle slide part 3 can slide upward along the slideway 41; at this time, the handle stopper 6 rotates clockwise. Under the action of the restoring force applied by the handle torsion spring 5, the handle stopper 6 rotates counterclockwise to recover to the original status.
  • the length of the block tip 61 of the handle stopper 6 is longer than the vertical distance from the rotation axis 63 to the handle slide part 3; at this time, a barrier force is applied to the bulge 31 on the handle slide part 3 by the block tip 61, so the handle stopper 6 can not rotate counterclockwise, and the handle slide part 3 can not slide downwards.

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Abstract

The present invention provides a processing cartridge; the processing cartridge comprises at least a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a casing (1) containing the photosensitive drum and the developing roller; the photosensitive drum is fixed to the casing to form an electrostatic latent image, and the developing roller develops the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum; the processing cartridge also comprises a handle (2), and the handle (2) is retractably fixed to the protective casing (1), which has an extending status and a shrinking status opposite to the extending status.

Description

  • The present invention involves a processing cartridge used in an electronic imaging device such as a laser printer, a copying machine or a fax machine.
  • In the existing techniques, the processing cartridge of an ordinary electronic imaging device comprises a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, and a casing containing the photosensitive drum and the developing roller. The photosensitive drum is used to receive a electrostatic latent image; the developing roller provides the developer to the photosensitive drum to develop the electrostatic latent image.
  • When the developer in the processing cartridge is used up, the processing cartridge needs to be replaced. For that object, an ordinary processing cartridge is provided with a handle on its casing, for the convenience of assembling and disassembling the processing cartridge easily.
  • However, the handle of the above mentioned processing cartridge extrudes farther than the periphery of the casing of the processing cartridge, which enlarges the dimension of the processing cartridge, and that is very uneconomical.
  • The existing techniques also provide another kind of processing cartridge, which is provided with a folding handle fixed to the casing of the processing cartridge by a pivot, to be capable of rotating around a pivot, so as to reduce the size of the processing cartridge; but when being assembled or disassembled, it is easy to rotate around the pivot, so it is not stable.
  • Each of JP-A-02158757 , JP-A-2003084646 , US-A-2001/0055494 and CN-A-101373369 discloses a processing cartridge comprising a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a protective casing containing the photosensitive drum and the developing roller, wherein the photosensitive drum is fixed to the protective casing to form the electrostatic latent image and the developing roller develops the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum, and a handle retractably fixed to the protective casing which has an extending status and a shrinking status opposite to the extending status. In particular, JP-A-02 158 757 discloses a cartridge according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • To solve the above mentioned problems, the present invention provides a processing cartridge having the features of claim 1, the processing cartridge comprising a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a protective casing containing the photosensitive drum and the developing roller, wherein the photosensitive drum is fixed to the protective casing to form the electrostatic latent image and the developing roller develops the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum, and a handle retractably fixed to the protective casing, the handle has an extending status and a shrinking status opposite to the extending status, wherein the handle comprises at least one handle slide part, at least one handle support, at least one handle torsion spring and at least one handle stopper, wherein the handle support is fixed to the protective casing and is connected to the protective casing as one body, wherein the handle stopper and the handle torsion spring are fixed to the handle support, wherein the handle torsion spring is fixed to the handle stopper and is at a pre-tightening status so as to make the handle stopper have a certain restoring force, characterized in that a plurality of bulges are formed on the handle slide part and block grooves are formed between the bulges, wherein the handle stopper is provided with a block tip, a push pedal and a rotation axis, wherein the handle torsion spring is located on the rotation axis, wherein the block tip can be stuck into the block groove and the length of the block tip is longer than the vertical distance from the rotation axis to the handle slide part whereby the block tip can apply an acting force to the bulge to limit the sliding of the handle slide part and when an acting force is applied to the push pedal, the block tip exits from the block groove so that the handle slide part can slide freely.
  • The handle is symmetrically located at the approximately center of the protective casing.
  • Two sides of the handle support are separately provided with slideways, and the handle slide part can slide on the slideways, so as to make the handle to form the extending status and the shrinking status opposite to the extending status.
  • When the handle is at the extending status, for the restoring force of the handle torsion spring, the block tip of the handle stopper is stuck into the block groove on the handle slide part; for the length of the block tip is longer than the vertical distance from the rotation axis to the handle slide part, at this time the block tip can apply an acting force to the bulge to limit the handle stopper to rotate counterclockwise, so as to make the handle slide part unable to slide downwards.
  • When separately applying a push force to the push pedal and the handle slide part, the block tip exits from the block groove, and at this time, under the action of the push force being applied, the handle slide part slides to the shrinking status along the slideway on the handle support.
  • When the processing cartridge is used, if a pull force is applied to the handle slide part, the handle slide part can slide on the slideway to the extending status.
  • Comparing with the existing techniques, the advantages of the present invention are that:
  • when the handle is at the shrinking status, the size of packaging and storing is decreased, so as to save the cost;
  • when the handle is at the extending status, it is convenient for the users to assemble or disassemble the processing cartridge in an electronic imaging device;
  • the structure is more stable and reliable than the folding handle.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the shrinking status of the processing cartridge in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the extending status of the processing cartridge in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional schematic diagram of the side of the processing cartridge in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; and
  • FIG. 4 is a local enlarged schematic diagram of the handle of the processing cartridge in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • The detailed components and elements described in the description are provided to roundly understand the embodiments of the present invention. So, those skilled in the art will realize to be capable of making various modifications and changes to the embodiments described here. To be simple, the description to known functions and structures is omitted.
  • Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the processing cartridge comprises a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a protective casing 1 containing the photosensitive drum and the developing roller, and a handle 2.The handle 2 is retractably fixed on the protective casing 1, and is approximately located at the center of the protective casing 1 along the axial direction of the photosensitive drum, which has shrinking status and extending status. The handle 2 comprises a handle slide part 3, a handle support 4, a handle torsion spring 5, and a handle stopper 6.
  • The handle support 4 is fixed to the protective casing 1, and is connected to it as one body; the handle torsion spring 5 is fixed to the handle stopper 6, and the handle stopper 6 is fixed to the handle support 4; the handle torsion spring 5 is at a pretightening status, to make the handle stopper 6 have a certain restoring force.
  • Referring to FIG. 3, the two sides of the handle support 4 are separately provided with slideways 41; many bulges 31 are formed on the handle slide part 3, and block grooves 32 are formed between the bulges 31; the handle stopper 6 is provided with a block tip 61, a push pedal 62, and a rotation axis 63.
  • When the processing cartridge needs to change from the shrinking status to the extending status, a pull force F1 is applied to the handle slide part 3, and the handle slide part 3 can slide upward along the slideway 41; at this time, the handle stopper 6 rotates clockwise. Under the action of the restoring force applied by the handle torsion spring 5, the handle stopper 6 rotates counterclockwise to recover to the original status.
  • When the pull force F1 applied to the handle slide part 3 is removed, the handle stopper 6 rotates counterclockwise under the action of the restoring force of the handle torsion spring 5, to recover to the original status, and the block tip 61 of the handle stopper 6 is stuck into the block groove 32 on the handle slide part 3.When a pull force F2 is applied to the handle slide part 3, the bulges 31 of the handle slide part 3 apply a force F rotating counterclockwise to the block tip 61, to make the handle stopper 6 have the trend of rotating counterclockwise. The length of the block tip 61 of the handle stopper 6 is longer than the vertical distance from the rotation axis 63 to the handle slide part 3; at this time, a barrier force is applied to the bulge 31 on the handle slide part 3 by the block tip 61, so the handle stopper 6 can not rotate counterclockwise, and the handle slide part 3 can not slide downwards.
  • Referring to FIG. 4, when a push force F3 is applied to the push pedal 62 of the handle stopper 6, the handle stopper 6 rotates clockwise, and the block tip 61 exits from the block groove 32; when a push force F4 is applied to the handle slide part 3, the handle slide part 3 can slide on the slideway 41 of the handle support 4, and at this time, the handle changes from the extending status to the shrinking status.

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  1. A processing cartridge comprising a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a protective casing (1) containing the photosensitive drum and the developing roller, wherein the photosensitive drum is fixed to the protective casing to form the electrostatic latent image and the developing roller develops the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum, and a handle (2) retractably fixed to the protective casing, the handle has an extending status and a shrinking status opposite to the extending status, wherein the handle comprises at least one handle slide part (3), at least one handle support (4), at least one handle torsion spring (5) and at least one handle stopper (6), wherein the handle support is fixed to the protective casing and is connected to the protective casing as one body, wherein the handle stopper and the handle torsion spring are fixed to the handle support, wherein the handle torsion spring is fixed to the handle stopper and is at a pre-tightening status so as to make the handle stopper have a certain restoring force,
    characterized in that
    a plurality of bulges (31) are formed on the handle slide part and block grooves (32) are formed between the bulges, wherein the handle stopper is provided with a block tip (61), a push pedal (62) and a rotation axis (63), wherein the handle torsion spring is located on the rotation axis, wherein the block tip can be stuck into the block groove and the length of the block tip is longer than the vertical distance from the rotation axis to the handle slide part whereby the block tip can apply an acting force to the bulge to limit the sliding of the handle slide part and when an acting force is applied to the push pedal, the block tip exits from the block groove so that the handle slide part can slide freely.
  2. A processing cartridge as claimed in claim 1 wherein two sides of the handle support (4) are separately provided with slideways (41) and the handle slide part (3) can slide on the slideways so as to make the handle (2) form the extending status and the shrinking status opposite to the extending status.
  3. A processing cartridge as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein the handle (2) is symmetrically located at the center of the protective casing (1) along the axial direction of the photosensitive drum.
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