Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16360393Application Date: 2019-03-21
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Publication No.: US11079716B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Koji Abe
- 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: JPJP2018-063859 20180329
- Main IPC: G03G21/18
- IPC: G03G21/18 ; G03B21/16 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a housing; a cover; a developing cartridge; and a drum cartridge including a drum frame, a photosensitive drum, a pressing member configured to press the developing roller to the photosensitive drum in a state where the developing cartridge is mounted to the drum frame, and a lock lever, the drum cartridge being mountable to an inside of the housing in a state where the developing cartridge is mounted to the drum cartridge, wherein in a state where the cover moves from the closed position to the opened position, the lock lever moves from a locked position at which the developing cartridge is prevented from being demounted from the drum frame to a non-locked position at which the developing cartridge is allowed to be demountable from the drum frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190302685A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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