Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Grounding configuration for an image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置的接地结构
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Application No.: US13422171Application Date: 2012-03-16
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Publication No.: US08737864B2Publication Date: 2014-05-27
- Inventor: Shogo Mori , Takuya Yamaguchi
- Applicant: Shogo Mori , Takuya Yamaguchi
- 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: JP2011-212685 20110928
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a main body having an opening; a plurality of photosensitive members disposed in the main body; a cover configured to open and close the opening; and a plurality of exposure members that is provided at the cover and is configured to expose the plurality of photosensitive members, respectively. The cover includes a cover-side metal plate provided along a surface of the cover. Entire parts of the plurality of exposure members overlap with the cover-side metal plate, when seen in a direction normal to the cover-side metal plate. At least four positions of the cover-side metal plate, which surround the plurality of exposure members, are electrically grounded at a state in which the cover is closed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130077986A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-03-28
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