US 7,321,742 B2 | ||
Image forming apparatus, drum unit, image forming module, and method of insertion and removal of a damper into and from an image carrier drum | ||
Takatsugu Fujishiro, Tokyo (Japan); Takeo Suda, Tokyo (Japan); Hideki Zemba, Tokyo (Japan); and Hisao Murayama, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
Filed on Jan. 10, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/328,295. | ||
Application 11/328295 is a division of application No. 10/456583, filed on Jun. 09, 2003, granted, now 7,010,246. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2002-169218 (JP), filed on Jun. 10, 2002; application No. 2002-170655 (JP), filed on Jun. 11, 2002; application No. 2002-181552 (JP), filed on Jun. 21, 2002; application No. 2002-195224 (JP), filed on Jul. 03, 2002; and application No. 2003-113709 (JP), filed on Apr. 18, 2003. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0127131 A1, Jun. 15, 2006 | ||
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 399—159 [399/109; 399/116; 464/180] | 17 Claims |
1. A method of insertion and removal of a damper including an engaging portion into and from an image carrier drum, comprising:
exerting an external force on the engaging portion to insert the damper into the image carrier drum from an opening on one
end in an axial direction of the image carrier drum and thereby mounting the damper inside the drum; and
exerting an external force on the engaging portion to remove the damper from an opening on an other end in the axial direction
of the image carrier drum,
wherein the force imparting member is a shaft that is disposed inside the image carrier drum and supports the image carrier
drum.
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