Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus including drawer
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Application No.: US16140832Application Date: 2018-09-25
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Publication No.: US10539922B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Yohei Hashimoto , Hikaru Iino , Masato Makino
- 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: JP2017-249705 20171226; JP2018-161980 20180830
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
A drawer unit moves in a moving direction between an internal position inside the main housing and an external position outside the main housing. The drawer unit includes a drawer frame, a first exposure head, and a second contact member. The first exposure head moves between a first adjacent position at which the first exposure head is adjacent to the first photosensitive drum and a first spaced position at which the first exposure head is farther spaced away from the first photosensitive drum than at the first adjacent position. The second contact member is a part of the drawer unit other than the first exposure head. The first exposure head moves from the first adjacent position to the first spaced position due to a contact between the first contact member and the second contact member when the drawer unit moves from the internal position to the external position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190196395A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2019-06-27
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