Patent ID: 11947310
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A developing cartridge comprising:
a casing configured to accommodate developer therein;
a developing roller rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction;
a shaft extending along a second axis extending in the first direction, the shaft being movable in the first direction relative to the casing and the developing roller, the shaft having one end portion and another end portion in the first direction;
an inclined surface positioned at the another end portion in the first direction of the shaft and movable together with the shaft, the inclined surface extending radially outward of the shaft in a direction from the one end portion in the first direction of the shaft to the another end portion in the first direction of the shaft; and
a protrusion positioned at the another end portion in the first direction of the shaft and movable together with the inclined surface, the protrusion extending in a direction away from the developing roller, the protrusion being positioned farther from the developing roller than the inclined surface is from the developing roller, the protrusion being positioned closer to the one end portion in the first direction of the shaft than the inclined surface is to the one end portion in the first direction of the shaft.