Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having guide members for detachably inserting cartridges
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Application No.: US17399258Application Date: 2021-08-11
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Publication No.: US11609535B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Yuta Hoshino , Kiyohito Horii , Kenji Suzuki
- Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2021-054459 20210329
- Main IPC: G03G21/18
- IPC: G03G21/18 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a first guide that is provided in an apparatus housing and configured to suspend and hold a first unit including an image holder so that the first unit is movable in an insertion and removal direction; a second guide that is provided in the apparatus housing and configured to suspend and hold a second unit including a developer holder so that the second unit is movable in an insertion and removal direction; and a pedestal that is disposed on a front side in the insertion and removal direction with respect to the first guide and the second guide, supports, from below in a gravity direction, the first unit and the second unit while the first unit and the second unit are inserted into the apparatus housing, and does not contact with the first unit and the second unit located in the apparatus housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220308523A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-09-29
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