1. A developing device to be used in an image forming apparatus, the developing device comprising:
a frame member;
a developing roller configured to develop a latent image formed on an image bearing member using developer;
a developer supply roller configured to supply the developer to the developing roller;
an end sealing member configured to prevent a leakage of the developer through a gap between the frame member and an end of the developing roller in a longitudinal direction thereof;
a bush member having elasticity, the bush member being configured to prevent a leakage of the developer from gap between the frame member and an end of the developer supply roller in a longitudinal direction thereof;
a first groove configured to fix the bush member; and
an abutment portion configured to regulate movement of the bush member in the longitudinal direction,
wherein the frame member includes a second groove formed in a wall portion that includes the abutment portion so as to be adjacent to the first groove in the longitudinal direction, and the second groove is configured to engage with the end of the developer supply roller.
2. The developing device according to claim 1, wherein the first groove includes engagement regions configured to regulate movement of the bush member in the direction intersecting the longitudinal direction, the engagement regions being arranged to approach each other toward an opening which is exposed from the seating surface.
3. The developing device according to claim 2, wherein a portion of the bush member that is exposed through the opening contacts the end sealing member.
4. The developing device according to claim 1, wherein the bush member has a foamable property.
5. The developing device according to claim 1, wherein an outer peripheral surface of the bush member has a circular cross-section, and an inner wall surface of the first groove has a circular cross-section.
6. The developing device according to claim 5, wherein a diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the bush member is smaller than a diameter of the inner wall surface of the first groove.
7. The developing device according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the bush member that is exposed through an opening has a shape that follows along a shape of the seating surface.
8. The developing device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a bearing member configured to rotatably support the end of the developer supply roller, compress the bush member in the longitudinal direction by sandwiching the bush member between the abutment portion and the bearing member, and bias the bush member against an inner wall surface of the first groove.
9. A process cartridge that can be attached to an image forming apparatus, the process cartridge comprising:
an image bearing member;
a frame member;
a developing roller configured to develop a latent image formed on the image bearing member using developer;
a developer supply roller configured to supply the developer to the developing roller;
an end sealing member configured to prevent a leakage of the developer through a gap between the frame member and an end of the developing roller in a longitudinal direction thereof;
a bush member having elasticity, the bush member being configured to prevent a leakage of the developer from a gap between the frame member and an end of the developer supply roller in a longitudinal direction thereof;
a first groove configured to fix the bush member; and
an abutment portion configured to regulate movement of the bush member in the longitudinal direction,
wherein the frame member includes a second groove formed in a wall portion that includes the abutment portion so as to be adjacent to the first groove in the longitudinal direction, and the second groove is configured to engage with the end of the developer supply roller.
10. The process cartridge according to claim 9, wherein the first groove includes engagement regions configured to regulate movement of the bush member in the direction intersecting the longitudinal direction, the engagement regions being arranged to approach each other toward an the first opening which is exposed from the seating surface.
11. The process cartridge according to claim 10, wherein a portion of the bush member that is exposed through the first opening contacts the end sealing member.
12. The process cartridge according to claim 9, wherein the bush member has a foamable property.
13. The process cartridge according to claim 9, wherein an outer peripheral surface of the bush member has a circular cross-section, and an inner wall surface of the first groove has a circular cross-section.
14. The process cartridge according to claim 13, wherein a diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the bush member is smaller than a diameter of the inner wall surface of the first groove.
15. The process cartridge according to claim 10, wherein a portion of the bush member that is exposed through an opening has a shape that follows along a shape of the seating surface.
16. The process cartridge according to claim 9, further comprising:
a bearing member configured to rotatably support the end of the developer supply roller, compress the bush member in the longitudinal direction by sandwiching the bush member between the abutment portion and the bearing member, and bias the bush member against an inner wall surface of the first groove.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of communicating information by a facsimilee-mail server system, the method comprising the steps of:
a) receiving an electronic mail address from an interface device;
b) receiving facsimile information from a scanning portion of a facsimile machine;
c) converting the received facsimile information into a computer readable image file;
d) composing an e-mail message with the computer readable image file as an attachment;
e) transmitting the composed e-mail message to an electronic mail server associated with the received electronic mail address;
f) receiving a report request from a user;
g) generating a report based upon the received report request; and
h) outputting the generated report.
2. The method of claim 1, and further comprising the step of introducing a hardcopy document into the scanning portion of the facsimile machine.
3. The method of claim 1, and further comprising the step of entering the e-mail address using the interface device.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the composing step comprises selecting text for inclusion in the composed e-mail message and including the selected text in the composed e-mail message.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the selecting text step comprises selecting an advertisement for inclusion in the composed e-mail message.
6. One or more computer readable media storing instructions that upon execution cause one or more computing platforms to perform the method of claim 4.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the composing step comprises adding advertisement text in the composed e-mail message.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the composing step comprises adding a set of attachment viewing instructions in the composed e-mail message.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the generated report contains information selected from the group consisting of accounting information, billing information, service information, current usage information, and historical usage information.
10. The method of claim 1, and further comprising the step of providing a confirmation to a user of receipt of the e-mail address and receipt of the facsimile information.
11. One or more computer readable media storing instructions that upon execution cause one or more computing platforms to perform the method of claim 1.
12. A facsimilee-mail server system, the system comprising:
a) a communication interface capable of receiving an electronic mail address from a facsimile interface device and of receiving facsimile information from a scanning portion of a facsimile machine;
b) a system processor comprising one or more processing elements, wherein the system processor is in communication with the communication interface and is programmed or adapted to:
i) receive an electronic mail address via the communication interface;
ii) receiving facsimile information via the communication interface;
iii) converting the received facsimile information into a computer readable image file;
iv) composing an e-mail message with the computer readable image file as an attachment;
v) transmitting the composed e-mail message to an electronic mail server associated with the received electronic mail address;
vi) receiving a report request from a user;
vii) generating a report based upon the received report request; and
viii) outputting the generated report.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the communication interface comprises connections to one or more communication networks.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more communication networks comprise a switched telephone network, a bus network, or a packet switched network.
15. The system of claim 12, and further comprising the interface device, wherein the interface device communicates with the system processor via the communication interface.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the interface device comprises an alpha-numeric keypad.
17. A method of communicating information by a facsimilee-mail server system, the method comprising the steps of:
a) receiving an electronic mail address from an interface device;
b) receiving facsimile information from a scanning portion of a facsimile machine;
c) converting the received facsimile information into a computer readable image file;
d) composing an e-mail message with the computer readable image file as an attachment, wherein composing the e-mail message comprises adding a set of attachment viewing instructions in the composed e-mail message; and
e) transmitting the composed e-mail message to an electronic mail server associated with the received electronic mail address.
18. One or more computer readable media storing instructions that upon execution cause one or more computing platforms to perform the method of claim 17.
19. The method of claim 17, and further comprising the step of entering the e-mail address using the interface device.
20. The method of claim 17, and further comprising the step of providing a confirmation to a user of receipt of the e-mail address and receipt of the facsimile information.