Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus including cartridge and urging member
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Application No.: US15016638Application Date: 2016-02-05
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Publication No.: US09671749B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Shougo Sato
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- 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: JP2015-022595 20150206
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a process cartridge, and a supporting frame. The process cartridge has a photosensitive drum defining a rotation axis extending in an axial direction, and an urging portion. The supporting frame is configured to support the process cartridge and be movable in a sliding direction between an inner position and an outer position of the main body. The urging portion is configured to exert urging force on the process cartridge in the state where the supporting frame supporting the process cartridge is in the inner position, such that the process cartridge is moved to the second position from the first position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160231701A1 Image Forming Apparatus Including Cartridge and Urging Member Public/Granted day:2016-08-11
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