Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with pressing portion and guide
- Patent Title (中): 具有按压部分和引导件的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13834104Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US09075389B2Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: Atsushi Miwa
- Applicant: Atsushi Miwa
- 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: JP2012-081545 20120330
- Main IPC: G03G21/18
- IPC: G03G21/18 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a casing having an opening that is open upward, a cover supported by the casing, a process cartridge configured to be attached to or removed from the casing through the opening, and a particular guide configured to guide the process cartridge when the process cartridge is attached to or removed from the casing. The cover is configured to pivot around a pivot axis to open and close the opening. The cover includes a pressing portion. The pressing portion is configured to, when the cover is closing the opening, contact the process cartridge being attached inside the casing and press the process cartridge toward an attachment position in which the process cartridge is attached to the casing. A path of the pressing portion in the casing is substantially same as a shape of the particular guide as viewed from an axial direction of the pivot axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130259518A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2013-10-03
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