Image forming apparatus and image forming unit
An image forming unit to be attached to an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus includes a first cartridge including a driven portion configured to rotate on a first rotational axis; and a second cartridge configured separable from the first cartridge. The second cartridge includes an input portion configured to receive driving force from the apparatus body; and a drive transmission portion configured to rotate on a second rotational axis and to transmit the driving force to the driven portion.
1. A cartridge to be attached to and detached from an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus, the cartridge comprising:
a first unit including:
(i) a first driven portion configured to be driven by a first driving member that is provided in the apparatus body, the first driven portion being arranged to be adjacent to the first driving member in a rotational axis direction of the first driven portion in a state where the first unit is attached to the apparatus body; and
(ii) a second driven portion configured to be driven by a second driving member provided in a second unit that can be attached to and detached from the apparatus body in the state where the first unit is attached to the apparatus body, the second driven portion being configured to directly engage with the second driving member, and the second driven portion being arranged to be adjacent to the second driving member in a direction orthogonal to a rotational axis direction of the second driven portion in the state where the first unit is attached to the apparatus body.
2. The cartridge according to claim 1 , further comprising an image bearing member configured to rotate.
3. The cartridge according to claim 2 , wherein the first driven portion is disposed on a rotational axis of the image bearing member.
4. The cartridge according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a cleaning member configured to remove waste toner from the image bearing member; and
a conveyance member configured to convey the waste toner removed from the image bearing member.
5. The cartridge according to claim 4 , wherein the conveyance member is configured to be driven by a driving force transmitted through the second driven portion.
6. The cartridge according to claim 4 , wherein the cartridge is provided with an opening through which the waste toner is discharged out of the cartridge.
7. The cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the second driven portion is positioned upstream of the first driven portion in an insertion direction of the cartridge to the apparatus body of the image forming apparatus.
8. The cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein an insertion direction of the cartridge to the apparatus body of the image forming apparatus is a direction orthogonal to the rotational axis direction of the first driven portion.
9. The cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein an insertion direction of the cartridge to the apparatus body of the image forming apparatus is a direction orthogonal to the rotational axis direction of the second driven portion.
10. The cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the first driving member is a shaft member, and the first driven portion is a shaft coupling configured to engage with the shaft member.
11. The cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the second driving member and the second driven portion are gears configured to be meshed with each other.
12. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body; and
the cartridge according to claim 1 configured to be attached to and detached from the apparatus body.
13. The cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the first unit includes a first portion to which the second unit is detachably attached.