Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US18327204Application Date: 2023-06-01
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Publication No.: US12055887B2Publication Date: 2024-08-06
- Inventor: Yasumasa Fujii , 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: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP 18171840 2018.09.13
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a main body housing, a drawer, and a toner cartridge. The main body housing includes a first wall arranged at a first direction side of the main body housing and having a first opening, a second wall arranged at a second direction side perpendicular to the first direction and having a second opening, a first door at the first opening, and a second door at the second opening. The drawer supports a drum cartridge having a photosensitive drum. When the first door is opened, the drawer is movable between an inner position where the drawer is located inside the main body housing and an outer position where the drawer is located outside the main body housing. When the second door is opened, the toner cartridge is detachable from and is attachable to the main body housing through the second opening in the second direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230315007A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-10-05
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