Patent ID: 9291986
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A developing unit detachably mountable to a drum unit including a photosensitive drum, the developing unit comprising: a developing roller rotatable about a first rotational shaft extending in a first direction and configured to supply a developing agent to the photosensitive drum; and at least one supporting member disposed at an end portion of the developing unit in the first direction and configured to support, at a position shifted from the developing roller in the first direction, a waste developing agent accommodating unit configured to accommodate a waste developing agent collected from the photosensitive drum, wherein the supporting member is configured to support the waste developing agent accommodating unit such that the waste developing agent accommodating unit is movable, at the position shifted from the developing roller in the first direction, relative to the developing unit in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.