Process cartridge for image forming apparatus
United States Patent D597129
US Patent References:
Process unit for copying machine
Tsutsui - December, 1991 - D322279

Photoconductor unit for forming an image
Hashizume et al. - May, 1995 - D358164

Photoconductive unit for a reprographic apparatus
Yasuda et al. - January, 1996 - D365845

Image forming apparatus
Aoyama et al. - April, 1997 - D378829

Process cartridge
Kim - April, 1997 - D378830


Inventors:
Tatsumi, Kenzo (Oosaka, JP)
Kawakami, Yoshihiro (Hyogo, JP)
Shimizu, Yoshiyuki (Oosaka, JP)
Kubota, Tomohiro (Oosaka, JP)
Kato, Koji (Oosaka, JP)
Ooyoshi, Hirobumi (Oosaka, JP)
Yoshida, Tomofumi (Oosaka, JP)
Application Number:
D/274432
Publication Date:
07/28/2009
Filing Date:
04/24/2007
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Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Class:
D18/43
International Classes:
(IPC1-7): 1603
Field of Search:
D14/471, 222/DIG.1, 347/197, D18/12, 399/24-28, 399/122, 399/121, 347/222, 399/107-112, 399/119, D18/36, D18/40, 399/222-224, D18/43, D18/56, D18/44
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Primary Examiner:
Veynar, Caron
Assistant Examiner:
Rademaker, Garth
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Claims:
CLAIM

1. The ornamental design for a process cartridge for image forming apparatus, as shown.

Description:

FIG. 1 is a front elevation of a process cartridge for image forming apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear elevation thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a left side elevation thereof.

The broken line areas in the drawings show environmental subject matter and form no part of the claimed design.