Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17528333Application Date: 2021-11-17
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Publication No.: US11609524B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Yukio Kubo , Yu Fukasawa , Daisuke Abe
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-139114 20190729,JPJP2020-098542 20200605
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/02

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes: a body; a developing cartridge having a memory medium and a developer bearing member; a tray including a frame which is movable between a housed position and a drawn-out position and has side portions extending in the moving direction and to which the developing cartridge is attachable, an image bearing member that faces the developer bearing member when the developing cartridge is attached, a tray-side metal terminal provided on the side portion and electrically connected to the memory medium when the cartridge is attached, and a tray guide portion extending along the moving direction; a body-side metal terminal that faces the tray-side metal terminal when the tray is housed, wherein the tray-side metal terminal is provided below the tray guide portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220075308A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-03-10
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