Patent ID: 6438327
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, comprising:an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; charging means, contacted to said electrophotographic photosensitive drum along a length of said electrophotographic photosensitive drum, for electrically charging said electrophotographic photosensitive drum by application of a bias voltage to said charging means from the main assembly of said electrophotographic image forming apparatus; cleaning means, contacted to said electrophotographic photosensitive drum, for removing a developer remaining on said electrophotographic photosensitive drum; holding means for holding said cleaning means along the length of said electrophotographic photosensitive drum; and storing means including a storing portion for storing predetermined information and communicating means for effecting wireless communication of the predetermined information stored in said storing portion with main assembly side communicating means provided in a main assembly of said electrophotographic image forming apparatus; wherein said storing means is disposed in a region blinded by said holding means as seen in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of said electrophotographic photosensitive drum from a given contact point between said electrophotographic photosensitive drum and said charging means.