Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16845243Application Date: 2020-04-10
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Publication No.: US11029635B2Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Shougo Sato , Masato Making
- 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: JPJP2018-160694 20180829
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/10 ; G03G21/12 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
A drawer is moveable between an inner position and an outer position through an opening when a cover is located at an opening position. A waste toner conveying tube is movable in a second direction between a first connection position and a first disconnection position when a drum cartridge is attached to a drawer and the drawer is at the inner position. When the cover moves from a closing position toward the opening position, the waste toner conveying tube moves from the first connection position toward the first disconnection position in conjunction with the movement of the cover. The drawer is movable from the inner position toward to the outer position when the drum cartridge is attached to the drawer, the drawer is at the inner position, and the waste toner conveying tube is at the first disconnection position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200241462A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-07-30
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