Patent ID: 9141033
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A cartridge comprising: a housing that has a first wall part and a second wall part arranged at an interval from the first wall part and is configured to accommodate developer; a developer carrier that is rotatably supported to the housing and carries the developer; a layer thickness regulation member that is supported to the housing so that it is arranged at an opposite side to the second wall part with respect to the first wall part and that is configured to regulate a layer thickness of the developer carried on a surface of the developer carrier, the layer thickness regulation member comprising: a covering member that is arranged at an opposite side to the second wall part with respect to the layer thickness regulation member and covers the layer thickness regulation member, wherein the covering member has a grip to grip the housing, and wherein the second plate-shaped member is arranged to overlap with at least a portion of the grip, as projected in a direction from the layer thickness regulation member toward the covering member, wherein the first plate-shaped member has a contact part that contacts the developer carrier at one end portion thereof and is supported to the housing at another end portion thereof, wherein the first plate-shaped member is arranged so that a rotating direction of the developer carrier is the same as a direction from the other end portion of the first plate-shaped member toward the one end portion thereof at a contacting portion of the developer carrier and the contact part, wherein the one end portion of the covering member is arranged at a downstream side of the one end portion of the first plate-shaped member in the direction from the other end portion of the first plate-shaped member toward the one end portion, and wherein the one end portion of the covering member is arranged at a side closer to the second wall part-side than the one end portion of the first plate-shaped member.