Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17842894Application Date: 2022-06-17
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Publication No.: US11754967B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: Shougo Sato
- 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: Kenealy Vaidya LLP
- Priority: JP 20144884 2020.08.28 JP 21082140 2021.05.14
- Main IPC: G03G21/18
- IPC: G03G21/18

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a housing having an opening; a drawer movable, through the opening, between a housing position in which the drawer is housed in the housing and a drawn position in which the drawer is drawn from the housing; a first drum cartridge including a first photosensitive drum, and mountable to and removable from the drawer; a first developing cartridge including a first developing roller, and mountable to and removable from the first drum cartridge; and a transfer device configured to transfer toner on the first photosensitive drum to a sheet and located above the first drum cartridge in a state where the first drum cartridge is mounted to the drawer and the drawer is located in the housing position. In a state where the first drum cartridge is removed from the drawer, the first developing cartridge is mountable to and removable from the first drum cartridge.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220326653A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-10-13
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