Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with exposure units
- Patent Title (中): 具有曝光单元的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12109632Application Date: 2008-04-25
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Publication No.: US07715753B2Publication Date: 2010-05-11
- Inventor: Hidenori Hisada
- Applicant: Hidenori Hisada
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, LTD
- Priority: JPP2007-118042 20070427
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/01 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
In an image forming apparatus, a plurality of process units each including a photoconductor drum are arranged in tandem; a plurality of exposure units configured to expose the photoconductor drum to light to form an electrostatic latent image thereon are each disposed above and opposite to the corresponding photoconductor drum; an output tray configured to receive an ejected recording sheet on which an image has been formed is disposed above the plurality of exposure units; and an image reader unit configured to read an image of a source document is disposed above the output tray with a predetermined space provided between the image reader unit and the output tray. At least one of the exposure units and at least a part of the output tray are movable together into the predetermined space, whereby the plurality of process units are allowed to be pulled out in a direction of tandem arrangement thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080304860A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2008-12-11
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