Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus provided with link member capable of moving developing unit in interlocking relation to movement of cover
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Application No.: US15679248Application Date: 2017-08-17
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Publication No.: US10197965B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Shougo Sato , Hideshi Nishiyama
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2016-194664 20160930
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a housing, a cover a process cartridge, an LED array, and a link member. The cover is pivotally movable about an axis extending in a first direction between an open position and a closed position. The process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum and a developing unit, and is attachable to and detachable from the housing in an open state where the cover is at the open position. The link member is movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in interlocking relation to movement of the cover. The link member is configured to: move the developing unit away from the axis in the second direction during movement of the cover from the closed position to the open position; and move the developing unit toward the axis in the second direction during movement of the cover from the open position to the closed position.
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