- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with developing cartridges having increased toner capacities and reducible of contact duration between developing rollers and photosensitive drums
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Application No.: US16716904Application Date: 2019-12-17
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Publication No.: US10859940B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Masahito Saeki , Toshiyuki Sano , Shintaro Sakaguchi , Kotaro Haruta , Shoichiro Nishimura
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP2019-043447 20190311
- Main IPC: G03G15/01
- IPC: G03G15/01 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, having first, second, and third photosensitive drums, a first developing cartridge including a first developing roller, a second developing cartridge including a second developing roller, a third developing cartridge including a third developing roller, an exposure device, a conveyer, and a moving mechanism, is provided. The first developing roller, the second developing roller, and the third developing roller are arranged in the recited order from upstream to downstream in a moving direction for the sheet to be conveyed. When the second developing roller is at the separated position thereof, the second developing cartridge coincides with a light path of the laser beam for scanning the first photosensitive drum. When the third developing roller is at the separated position thereof, the third developing cartridge coincides with a light path of the laser beam for scanning the second photosensitive drum.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200292959A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-09-17
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