PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC G03G21/18 

FIELD: image forming devices.

SUBSTANCE: present invention relates to a process cartridge that is replaceable in an image forming apparatus and an image forming apparatus including a process cartridge. Disclosed group of inventions includes process cartridges and image forming devices. Process cartridge comprises: a photosensitive drum, a rotatable development roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on said photosensitive drum, a rotatable roller having an axis of rotation in a position deviated from the axis of said development roller to transfer the driving force to said development roller, provided on said rotatable roller, a driving force receiving portion provided on said connecting member and capable of moving in a direction intersecting the axis of rotation of said rotatable roller to receive a driving force to be transmitted to said development roller, a pressing member for urging said driving force receiving portion in a direction intersecting the rotation axis of said rotatable roller, a supporting portion for rotatably supporting said driving force receiving portion so as to be movable together with said driving force receiving portion with respect to said rotatable roller in a direction, which intersects the axis of rotation of said rotatable roller and the stop portion for receiving said support portion urged by said pressing member, said stop portion being located outside the outer periphery of said photosensitive drum in a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis of said rotatable roller.

EFFECT: technical result consists in providing a process cartridge and an imaging device capable of increasing the interval between the drive input to the photosensitive drum and the drive input to the development roller.

42 cl, 23 dwg