Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with a gear train for developing rollers and a gear train for photosensitive drums
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Application No.: US17213537Application Date: 2021-03-26
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Publication No.: US11334021B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Wataru Yamaguchi , Daisuke Ishizuka
- 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: JPJP2020-065512 20200401,JPJP2020-078742 20200427,JPJP2021-003655 20210113
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, having a first developing roller, a second developing roller, a third developing roller, a fourth developing roller, a first photosensitive drum, a second photosensitive drum, a third photosensitive drum, a fourth photosensitive drum, a motor, a first output gear, a first gear train, and a second gear train, is provided. The first output gear is arranged coaxially with the motor and outputs a driving force from the motor. The first gear train includes a first intermediate gear meshing with the first output gear and transmits the driving force from the motor through the first output gear to the first, second, third, and fourth developing rollers. The second gear train includes a second intermediate gear meshing with the first output gear and transmits the driving force from the motor through the first output gear to the first, second, third, and fourth photosensitive drums.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210311428A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-10-07
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