Electrophotography – Having particular structure – Modular or displaceable
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-02
2011-08-02
Porta, David P (Department: 2884)
Electrophotography
Having particular structure
Modular or displaceable
C399S107000, C399S116000, C399S159000, C399S167000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07991324
ABSTRACT:
A photosensitive unit is described. The photosensitive unit may include a side wall; a drum body rotatably provided with respect to the side wall and formed with an electrostatic latent image; a brake member provided on one end portion of the drum body in an axial direction and having a brake-side inclined surface whose diameter is gradually enlarged or reduced along the axial direction with an axis of the drum body as a center; and an urging member having an urging-side inclined surface surface-contacting the brake-side inclined surface and urging the brake member such that the urging-side inclined surface surface-contacts the brake-side inclined surface.
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Banner & Witcoff , Ltd.
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Eley Jessica L
Porta David P
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