Electrophotography – Image formation – Photoconductive member
Patent
1997-11-14
1998-11-03
Lee, S.
Electrophotography
Image formation
Photoconductive member
399111, G03G 1500, G03G 2116
Patent
active
058323457
ABSTRACT:
An electrostatographic process cartridge detachably mountable into a cavity defined by mated modules forming parts of an electrostatographic reproduction machine. The process cartridge includes an elongate plastic housing having a first side and a second side, as well as an inner surface defining a process chamber. It also includes a rotatable photoreceptive member mounted within the process chamber and to the housing and having an image bearing surface for holding a formed toner image; a rotatable developer member mounted to the housing, and forming a critical development gap with the photoreceptive member within the process chamber for enabling jumping toner image development on the image bearing surface; a drive assembly mounted at the second side of the housing for coupling to the photoreceptive member; and a gear train mounted at the second side of the housing, and coupled to the drive assembly and the developer member for transmitting drive to the developer member. The gear-train as mounted including a developer member gear, and having a resultant drive force pushing the developer member gear away from the photoreceptive member, thus tending to widen the critical development gap. Importantly, the process cartridge includes a resultant force counter-acting member mounted to the second side of the housing for absorbing the drive resultant force. The resultant force counter-acting member includes a wall and a retaining aperture for precisely retaining the developer member in a predetermined aligned position so as to maintain the critical development gap, and thereby ensure uniform quality toner image development.
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Damji Dhirendra C.
Kumar Ajay
Lee S.
Nguti Tallam I.
Xerox Corporation
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