Patent ID: 9411261
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A cartridge comprising: a housing configured to accommodate a developing agent therein; a developing agent carrying member configured to carry the developing agent; a layer thickness restricting member disposed between the housing and the developing agent carrying member and comprising a blade supporting member and a blade, the blade supporting member being configured to support the blade and comprising a first engaging portion, the blade being configured to contact the developing agent carrying member to restrict a layer thickness of the developing agent carried by the developing agent carrying member; a spacer disposed between the housing and the blade supporting member in a first direction in which the developing agent carrying member and the blade supporting member face one another and in which is orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the developing agent carrying member, the spacer comprising—a first engaged portion configured to engage with the first engaging portion of the blade supporting member such that relative movement of the spacer and the blade supporting member is restricted in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a fixing member, wherein the first engaging portion has a first through-hole penetrating the blade supporting member and the first engaged portion has a second through-hole penetrating the spacer, and the first engaged portion, having the second through-hole, of the spacer is inserted in the first through-hole of the first engaging portion of the blade supporting member, and wherein the fixing member extends through the first through-hole and the second through-hole and fixes the blade supporting member to the housing.