| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cartridge and an image forming apparatus capable of accurately attaching a thin plate member to a frame body. <P>SOLUTION: There is provided a cartridge 2 attachable to/detachable from an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus which comprises: a frame body 24 equipped with a developer storage part 30; a rotor 21 constituted rotatably to the frame body 24 in an opening of the developer storage part 30; a thin plate member 15 which is attached to the frame body 24 and abuts on the rotor 21 to prevent a developer from being leaked from between the frame body 24 and the rotor 21; and an adhesive member 10 injection molded to the frame body 24 with a thermoplastic resin having a modulus of longitudinal elasticity smaller than that of the frame body 24, wherein one end of the thin plate member 15 is welded to the adhesive member 10 to be attached to the frame body 24 and the other end is contacted with the rotor 21, and the frame body 24 has a regulation part capable of abutting on the thin plate member 15 so that the position of the other end of the thin plate member 15 is regulated to a position to be abutted on the rotor 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
