Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming device
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13072846Application Date: 2011-03-28
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Publication No.: US08725027B2Publication Date: 2014-05-13
- Inventor: Yuji Goto
- Applicant: Yuji Goto
- 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: JP2010-219208 20100929
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00

Abstract:
An image forming device is provided, which includes an interlocking mechanism that causes a cleaning unit to clean with a cleaning surface thereof a detection surface of a detection sensor for reading each detection pattern formed on an outer surface of a sheet-feeding endless belt, in conjunction with movement of a drawer, which holds a plurality of process cartridges, between an attachment position where a photoconductive drum included in each process cartridge faces an up-facing side of the outer surface of the endless belt and a replacement position where at least one of the process cartridges is outside a main body housing of the image forming device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120076527A1 Image Forming Device Public/Granted day:2012-03-29
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