Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US14887860Application Date: 2015-10-20
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Publication No.: US09400474B2Publication Date: 2016-07-26
- Inventor: Junichi Hashimoto , Norio Uchida , Takashi Arakawa
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi
- Agency: Burr & Brown, PLLC
- Priority: JP2013-121126 20130607
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G21/20 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus including an apparatus main body including an inner wall that defines an accommodation portion, photoconductive drums arranged in parallel at intervals in a predetermined direction toward a first side from a second side, in the accommodation portion, chargers disposed corresponding to the photoconductive drums, respectively, each charger charging a corresponding one of the photoconductive drums, a frame body configured to support the photoconductive drums and the chargers and be accommodated in the accommodation portion, a regulating member disposed between the inner wall and a first-side end portion of the frame body in the predetermined direction, the regulating member configured to apply an urging force to the frame body and regulate an air current, and a pressing member configured to press the frame body against the urging force of the regulating member and regulate a movement of the frame body relative to the apparatus main body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160041517A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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