Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with LED unit movable from an exposure position to a cleaning position
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Application No.: US17186547Application Date: 2021-02-26
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Publication No.: US11442400B2Publication Date: 2022-09-13
- Inventor: Shougo Sato , Koji Ogawa
- 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: JPJP2020-035374 20200302
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; G03G15/04

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, an LED unit, and a housing. The LED unit is configured to expose the photosensitive drum. The LED unit has a light emitting surface. The housing includes a discharge portion and a discharge tray. The discharge portion has a discharge opening configured to discharge a sheet. The sheet discharged from the discharge opening is placed on the discharge tray. The discharge tray has a cleaning opening for cleaning the light emitting surface of the LED unit. The LED unit is configured to move between: a first position at which the LED unit exposes the photosensitive drum; and a second position at which the light emitting surface is closer to the cleaning opening than a state where the LED unit is located at the first position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210271201A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-09-02
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