- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having a drawer including a lock portion
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Application No.: US17399127Application Date: 2021-08-11
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Publication No.: US11409231B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Shougo Sato , Kazuna Taguchi
- 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: JPJP2019-159901 20190902
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a drawer movable in a first direction from an inside position to an outside position via an intermediate position; a stopper movable between a first position at which the stopper stops the drawer from moving from the intermediate position to the outside position, and a second position at which the stopper allows the drawer to move from the intermediate position to the outside position; a drum cartridge including a photoconductive drum and mountable on the drawer; and a developing cartridge including a developing roller and mountable on the drawer. The developing cartridge mounted on the drawer is removable from the drawer in a state in which the drawer is located at the intermediate position. The drum cartridge mounted on the drawer is removable from the drawer in a state in which the drawer is located at the outside position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210373487A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-12-02
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