Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and photosensitive cartridge
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置和感光鼓
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Application No.: US12340953Application Date: 2008-12-22
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Publication No.: US08050575B2Publication Date: 2011-11-01
- Inventor: Naoya Kamimura , Fumikazu Sato
- Applicant: Naoya Kamimura , Fumikazu Sato
- 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: JP2007-340757 20071228
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a first developing cartridge and a first photosensitive cartridge. The first developing cartridge is removably mounted in the first photosensitive cartridge and includes a toner hopper, a supply roller and a developing roller. The first photosensitive cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a charger provided at a position adjacent to the photosensitive drum, a first wall provided adjacent to the supply roller, the toner hopper, and the developing roller when the first developing cartridge is mounted in the photosensitive cartridge, the first wall including a first opening, and a second wall which faces the first wall and is provided adjacent to the charger, the second wall including a second opening on an opposite side of the charger from the photosensitive drum. A portion of a wall of the first developing cartridge projects through the first opening in the first wall of the first photosensitive cartridge.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090175651A1 Image Forming Apparatus and Photosensitive Cartridge Public/Granted day:2009-07-09
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