IP Library Granted Patent US 9,031,459
Granted Patent B2
US 9,031,459 · App. 14/035,460 · Granted May 12, 2015

Process cartridge and image forming device

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Patent No.
US 9,031,459
App. No.
14/035,460
Granted
May 12, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image forming device, including a cylindrical photoreceptor drum, an end member having a tubular body which is mounted at an end portion of the photoreceptor drum and which has an outer circumferential surface serving as a sliding surface, and a bearing configured to have a hole which defines an inner peripheral surface that corresponds to a sliding surface, the bearing supporting the tubular body of the end member by inserting the tubular body into the hole, wherein a difference between an outside diameter of a part provided with the sliding surface of the end member and a diameter of the hole of the bearing is equal to or more than 0.06 mm and equal to or less than 0.5 mm.

Claims (35)

1. A process cartridge, comprising:

a cylindrical photoreceptor drum;

a member having a tubular body which is mounted at an end portion of the photoreceptor drum and which has an outer circumferential surface serving as a sliding surface; and

a bearing configured to have a hole which defines an inner peripheral surface that faces the sliding surface, the bearing supporting the tubular body of the member by inserting the tubular body into the hole, wherein

a difference between an outside diameter of a part provided with the sliding surface of the member and a diameter of the hole of the bearing is equal to or more than 0.06 mm and equal to or less than 0.5 mm.

2. The process cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein

the sliding surface of the member has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) in one direction being equal to or more than 0.5 μm.

3. The process cartridge according to claim 2 , wherein

a kurtosis (Ku) of the sliding surface of the member is equal to or less than 2.8.

4. The process cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the sliding surface of the member and the inner peripheral surface of the bearing has an axial inclination.

5. A member having a tubular body which is mounted at an end portion of a photoreceptor drum, and which has an outer peripheral surface serving as a sliding surface, wherein

the sliding surface has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) in one direction being equal to or more than 0.5 μm.

6. The member according to claim 5 , wherein

a kurtosis (Ku) of the sliding surface is equal to or less than 2.8.

7. The member according to claim 5 , wherein

the sliding surface has an axial inclination.

8. A photoreceptor drum unit, comprising;

a cylindrical photoreceptor drum; and

a member having a tubular body which is mounted at an end portion of the photoreceptor drum and which has an outer circumferential surface serving as a sliding surface, wherein

the sliding surface of the member has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) in one direction being equal to or more than 0.5 μm.

9. The photoreceptor drum unit according to claim 8 , wherein

a kurtosis (Ku) of the sliding surface of the member is equal to or less than 2.8.

10. The photoreceptor drum unit according to claim 8 , wherein

the sliding surface of the member has an axial inclination.

11. A process cartridge, comprising;

a cylindrical photoreceptor drum;

a member having a tubular body which is mounted at an end portion of the photoreceptor drum and which has an outer circumferential surface serving as a sliding surface; and

a charging roller which is a cylindrical roller provided to be able to electrically charge the photoreceptor drum, and

a developing roller which is a cylindrical roller that supplies a developer to the photoreceptor drum, wherein

the sliding surface of the member has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) in one direction being equal to or more than 0.5 μm.

12. The process cartridge according to claim 11 , wherein

a kurtosis (Ku) of the sliding surface of the member is equal to or less than 2.8.

13. The process cartridge according to claim 11 , wherein

the sliding surface of the member has an axial inclination.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043750/0834 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 4, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2013
From: IKEDA, SHUICHI; ANDO, AKIRA
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031275/0404 →