| 摘要 |
An electrophotographic photosensitive drum for a process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the process cartridge includes a charging roller for electrically charging the photosensitive drum and a developing roller for developing a latent image formed on the drum, the drum includes a drum helical gear, mounted to one end of the cylinder, for transmiting a rotational driving force to a transfer roller provided in a main assembly for transmiting a rotational driving force to the charging roller and the developing roller, wherein a shaft portion provided at a central portion of the drum helical gear at a position where it is completely overlapped with a teeth of the drum helical gear with respect to a longitudinal direction of the cylinder, wherein a gap is provided between the teeth and a peripheral surface of the shaft portion; a projection, provided at a free end of the shaft portion, for engagement with a hole formed in the main assembly to receive a driving force from the main assembly when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly; the drum, when it is mounted to a cartridge frame of the cartridge, permits insertion of the cartridge frame to enter the gap so that shaft portion is rotatably supported in the cartridge frame.
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