Patent ID: 6131011
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A method of mounting a cleaning member in a process cartridge,wherein the cleaning member to be mounted in the process cartridge has a plate-shaped elastic blade mounted on one end of a supporting plate made of a metal, said plate-shaped elastic blade rubbing against an electrophotographic photosensitive member,wherein said supporting plate has:screw-cramping holes in the opposite ends of said supporting plate for fixing said supporting plate to the frame of said process cartridge;cut-away portions for fitting and inserting thereinto pins for adjustably moving said supporting plate in a direction for adjustment when the mounting position is adjusted before said supporting plate is fixed to said frame; anda hole or slit in which a projection of the process cartridge is fitted to guide said supporting plate in an adjusting direction, said hole or slit being formed in at least one end of said supporting plate,wherein the frame of the process cartridge to which said cleaning member is mounted has:relieved portions by a space permitting an entry of said fitted and inserted pins, near positions at which said pins are fitted and inserted during said adjustment; andsaid projection corresponding to a position of said hole or slit, andwherein during the adjustment of said mounting, with the projection fitted in the hole or slit for guide, the pins are fitted in said cut-away portions, and the cleaning member has its mounted position adjusted by said pins being moved, and after said cleaning member has been moved to a predetermined position, the opposite ends of said supporting plate are screw-cramped to thereby effect the positioning of the cleaning member.