Patent ID: 9367031
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, said process cartridge comprising: a photosensitive drum; a light guide member for irradiating a surface of said photosensitive drum with light at a position downstream of a transfer position where a developer image is transferred from said photosensitive drum onto a developer image receiving material and upstream of a charging position where said photosensitive drum is electrically charged with respect to a rotational direction of said photosensitive drum; a shutter portion movable between a closed position where said shutter portion covers said surface of said photosensitive drum and an open position where said surface of said photosensitive drum is exposed; and a connecting portion, provided at each of end portions of said shutter portion with respect to an axial direction of said photosensitive drum, for movably connecting said shutter portion relative to a main body portion of said process cartridge, wherein said light guide member includes an incident portion, at one end portion thereof with respect to the axial direction of said photosensitive drum, for irradiating said surface of said photosensitive drum with light incident on said incident portion, and wherein said incident portion is positioned outside said connecting portion with respect to the axial direction of said photosensitive drum.