Process Cartridge

摘要

A process cartridge includes: a drum cartridge including a photoconductor; a development cartridge configured to be detachably attached to the drum cartridge and including a developer carrying member for supplying developer to the photoconductor; a locking member provided on the drum cartridge and configured to be switchable between a locking position in which the development cartridge attached to the drum cartridge is in a locked state and restrained from being moved in a removing direction in which the development cartridge is removed from the drum cartridge and a lifting position in which the locked state is released and the development cartridge is movable in the removing direction, and a retaining member configured to retain the development cartridge which has been moved from the locked state in the removing direction by switching the locking member from the locking position to the lifting position.

主权项

1. A developing cartridge comprising:
a developing roller rotatable about an axis extending in an extending direction; a housing configured to accommodate developer therein; a first rib positioned to an outer surface of the housing, the first rib configured to allow a drum cartridge to lock the developing cartridge; a second rib positioned to the outer surface of the housing, the second rib configured to allow the drum cartridge to lift the developing cartridge in a lift position; and a third rib positioned to the outer surface of the housing, the third rib configured to allow the drum cartridge to retain the developing cartridge in the lift position.