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Cartridge including photosensitive drum and developing roller that...
- Patent number 12,298,703
- Issue date May 13, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Toshiaki Takeuchi
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Image forming apparatus having photoconductor unit with removable d...
- Patent number 12,292,712
- Issue date May 6, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Hirotaka Ishii
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Grant
Cartridge, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming...
- Patent number 12,287,601
- Issue date Apr 29, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Masaaki Sato
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Grant
Drum unit, cartridge and coupling member
- Patent number 12,287,603
- Issue date Apr 29, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Tetsuo Uesugi
- Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
Information Patent Grant
Cartridge, member constituting cartridge, and image forming apparatus
- Patent number 12,282,289
- Issue date Apr 22, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Masaaki Sato
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Grant
Image forming apparatus
- Patent number 12,282,288
- Issue date Apr 22, 2025
- Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Shougo Sato
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Grant
Developing device
- Patent number 12,276,935
- Issue date Apr 15, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Tomohiro Shiomi
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Grant
Drum unit having electrical contact surface positioned at outer sur...
- Patent number 12,271,148
- Issue date Apr 8, 2025
- Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Isao Kishi
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Image forming apparatus
- Patent number 12,259,680
- Issue date Mar 25, 2025
- Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Shougo Sato
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Developing cartridge including casing that has recessed portion and...
- Patent number 12,259,679
- Issue date Mar 25, 2025
- Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Koji Abe
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Drum cartridge including movable electrical contact surface, and im...
- Patent number 12,242,223
- Issue date Mar 4, 2025
- Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Nao Itabashi
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Process cartridge and image forming apparatus
- Patent number 12,228,877
- Issue date Feb 18, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Hiroyuki Munetsugu
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Image forming apparatus and process cartridge including protrusion...
- Patent number 12,222,673
- Issue date Feb 11, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Akira Yoshimura
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Component movement mechanism for an image forming apparatus
- Patent number 12,222,662
- Issue date Feb 11, 2025
- Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Yoh Nishimura
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Developing cartridge including movable plate for moving holder hold...
- Patent number 12,210,300
- Issue date Jan 28, 2025
- Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Naoya Kamimura
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Cartridge and image forming apparatus including a recessed backgrou...
- Patent number 12,204,271
- Issue date Jan 21, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Yusaku Makino
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Developing cartridge having a lever movable relative to a casing
- Patent number 12,204,273
- Issue date Jan 21, 2025
- Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Nao Itabashi
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Developing cartridge including shaft and cam having cam surface
- Patent number 12,197,168
- Issue date Jan 14, 2025
- Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Yuwen Wang
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Positioning member, holding device, process cartridge, and image fo...
- Patent number 12,189,331
- Issue date Jan 7, 2025
- Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Kazuki Yogosawa
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Toner cartridge latching
- Patent number 12,181,827
- Issue date Dec 31, 2024
- Lexmark International, Inc.
- Randal Scott Williamson
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Developer cartridge
- Patent number 12,174,557
- Issue date Dec 24, 2024
- Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Yuwen Wang
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Developing cartridge including movable shaft, and cam provided on s...
- Patent number 12,169,385
- Issue date Dec 17, 2024
- Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Yuwen Wang
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Toner cartridge including memory holder cover having pawl engaged w...
- Patent number 12,164,263
- Issue date Dec 10, 2024
- Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ryuji Noda
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Cartridge and image forming apparatus
- Patent number 12,158,722
- Issue date Dec 3, 2024
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Noriyuki Komatsu
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Image forming apparatus having detachable cartridges and image form...
- Patent number 12,153,373
- Issue date Nov 26, 2024
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Hirotaka Ishii
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Image forming device
- Patent number 12,147,189
- Issue date Nov 19, 2024
- Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Kazuna Taguchi
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Process cartridge
- Patent number 12,140,902
- Issue date Nov 12, 2024
- ZHUHAI DINGLONG HUITONG PRINT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
- Honghui Zhou
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Cartridge, member constituting cartridge, and image forming apparatus
- Patent number 12,140,903
- Issue date Nov 12, 2024
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Masaaki Sato
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Cartridge, member constituting cartridge, and image forming apparatus
- Patent number 12,140,904
- Issue date Nov 12, 2024
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Masaaki Sato
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Grant
Drum unit, cartridge and coupling member
- Patent number 12,124,211
- Issue date Oct 22, 2024
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Tetsuo Uesugi
- Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
- Publication number 20250138473
- Publication date May 1, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- KENJI MATSUDA
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE
- Publication number 20250138474
- Publication date May 1, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Akira Yoshimura
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
Component Movement Mechanism for an Image Forming Apparatus
- Publication number 20250130516
- Publication date Apr 24, 2025
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Yoh NISHIMURA
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
TONER CARTRIDGE INCLUDING MEMORY HOLDER COVER HAVING PAWL ENGAGED W...
- Publication number 20250130528
- Publication date Apr 24, 2025
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Ryuji NODA
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE
- Publication number 20250130517
- Publication date Apr 24, 2025
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Yuwen WANG
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
- Publication number 20250130525
- Publication date Apr 24, 2025
- Hiroaki NIEDA
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
- Publication number 20250130527
- Publication date Apr 24, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Hiroyuki Munetsugu
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE INCLUDING MOVABLE PLATE FOR MOVING HOLDER HOLD...
- Publication number 20250116953
- Publication date Apr 10, 2025
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Naoya KAMIMURA
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE
- Publication number 20250110444
- Publication date Apr 3, 2025
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Nao Itabashi
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE
- Publication number 20250103001
- Publication date Mar 27, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- KENJI MATSUDA
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FOR...
- Publication number 20250102931
- Publication date Mar 27, 2025
- FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Masahiro IWASAKI
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
- Publication number 20250102996
- Publication date Mar 27, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Hiroaki Nosho
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE INCLUDING MOVABLE SHAFT, AND CAM PROVIDED ON S...
- Publication number 20250093812
- Publication date Mar 20, 2025
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Yuwen WANG
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
PROCESS CARTRIDGE
- Publication number 20250085660
- Publication date Mar 13, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- YUHEI TERUI
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
PROCESS CARTRIDGE
- Publication number 20250085661
- Publication date Mar 13, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- TAKASHI KENMOKU
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
TONER CARTRIDGE LATCHING
- Publication number 20250085657
- Publication date Mar 13, 2025
- Lexmark International, Inc.
- RANDAL SCOTT WILLIAMSON
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
STORAGE ASSEMBLY AND MOUNTABLE UNIT
- Publication number 20250053116
- Publication date Feb 13, 2025
- JIANGXI YIBO E-TECH CO. LTD.
- Shiping AO
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
Process Unit
- Publication number 20250036074
- Publication date Jan 30, 2025
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Masatoshi SHIRAKI
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DRUM CARTRIDGE AND TONER CARTRIDG...
- Publication number 20250036075
- Publication date Jan 30, 2025
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Shougo Sato
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
PRESSING MECHANISM, A PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND AN IMAGE FORMING APPAR...
- Publication number 20250021045
- Publication date Jan 16, 2025
- Hiroshi FUJIWARA
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE HAVING ELECTRODE CONTACTABLE WITH ANOTHER ELEC...
- Publication number 20250013165
- Publication date Jan 9, 2025
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Yuwen Wang
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE INCLUDING CASING, AND FIRST LEVER PIVOTALLY MO...
- Publication number 20250013191
- Publication date Jan 9, 2025
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Shuhei HATANO
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
- Publication number 20250013192
- Publication date Jan 9, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- ISAO KOISHI
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
- Publication number 20250013193
- Publication date Jan 9, 2025
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Kazuna TAGUCHI
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
- Publication number 20250004417
- Publication date Jan 2, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Hiroaki Nosho
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER UNIT AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT
- Publication number 20250004418
- Publication date Jan 2, 2025
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Masao Uyama
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND...
- Publication number 20240419122
- Publication date Dec 19, 2024
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Takahito Ueno
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
- Publication number 20240419120
- Publication date Dec 19, 2024
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Shunsuke Matsushita
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A RECESSED BACKGROU...
- Publication number 20240411263
- Publication date Dec 12, 2024
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Yusaku MAKINO
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Application
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE
- Publication number 20240411265
- Publication date Dec 12, 2024
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Yuichi Fukui
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY

means for connecting the different parts of the process cartridge

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Cartridge including photosensitive drum and developing roller that...

Image forming apparatus having photoconductor unit with removable d...

Cartridge, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming...

Drum unit, cartridge and coupling member

Cartridge, member constituting cartridge, and image forming apparatus

Image forming apparatus

Developing device

Drum unit having electrical contact surface positioned at outer sur...

Image forming apparatus

Developing cartridge including casing that has recessed portion and...

Drum cartridge including movable electrical contact surface, and im...

Process cartridge and image forming apparatus

Image forming apparatus and process cartridge including protrusion...

Component movement mechanism for an image forming apparatus

Developing cartridge including movable plate for moving holder hold...

Cartridge and image forming apparatus including a recessed backgrou...

Developing cartridge having a lever movable relative to a casing

Developing cartridge including shaft and cam having cam surface

Positioning member, holding device, process cartridge, and image fo...

Toner cartridge latching

Developer cartridge

Developing cartridge including movable shaft, and cam provided on s...

Toner cartridge including memory holder cover having pawl engaged w...

Cartridge and image forming apparatus

Image forming apparatus having detachable cartridges and image form...

Image forming device

Process cartridge

Cartridge, member constituting cartridge, and image forming apparatus

Cartridge, member constituting cartridge, and image forming apparatus

Drum unit, cartridge and coupling member

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE

Component Movement Mechanism for an Image Forming Apparatus

TONER CARTRIDGE INCLUDING MEMORY HOLDER COVER HAVING PAWL ENGAGED W...

DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE

ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE INCLUDING MOVABLE PLATE FOR MOVING HOLDER HOLD...

DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE

ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FOR...

DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE INCLUDING MOVABLE SHAFT, AND CAM PROVIDED ON S...

PROCESS CARTRIDGE

PROCESS CARTRIDGE

TONER CARTRIDGE LATCHING

STORAGE ASSEMBLY AND MOUNTABLE UNIT

Process Unit

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DRUM CARTRIDGE AND TONER CARTRIDG...

PRESSING MECHANISM, A PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND AN IMAGE FORMING APPAR...

DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE HAVING ELECTRODE CONTACTABLE WITH ANOTHER ELEC...

DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE INCLUDING CASING, AND FIRST LEVER PIVOTALLY MO...

CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER UNIT AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT

PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A RECESSED BACKGROU...

ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE