Process cartridge having a guide member with a flexible portion

Details Process cartridge having a guide member with a flexible portion Process cartridge having a guide member with a flexible portion

2006-09-26

2006-09-26

Lee, Susan (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Image formation

Transfer

C399S111000, C399S388000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07113734

ABSTRACT:
A step portion is formed on a lower casing of a process cartridge, and a film member composed of flexible resin film is fixed to a step portion such that a front portion can bend. The film member guides a sheet to a photosensitive drum. In this manner, a thin sheet which lacks firmness is adhered on an upstream side of a transfer position in a rotational direction of the photosensitive drum, thus preventing electrical discharges, while a thick sheet which has firmness is bent by the front portion of the film member in a direction in which a leading edge of the sheet is headed, thus guiding the sheet such that operating abnormalities are prevented and an appearance of ghosts is prevented.

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