Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus, image forming cartridge supporter, and image forming unit
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Application No.: US15098590Application Date: 2016-04-14
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Publication No.: US09709949B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: Yasushi Okabe
- 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: JP2005-281139 20050928
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; G03G21/18 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus has a body frame and a slide frame. The slide frame is configured to be pulled out from the body frame along a sliding direction. A plurality of image forming cartridges is detachably mounted on the slide frame. A plurality of electrode members is mounted on the slide frame and aligned along the sliding direction so as to correspond to the image forming cartridges. A body-side contact portion of each of the electrode members is electrically connected to the body frame. A cartridge-side contact portion of the electrode member is electrically connected to the image forming cartridge. The image forming cartridge is connected to the body via the corresponding electrode member when the slide frame mounting the image forming cartridges is inserted to the body frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160223982A1 Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Cartridge Supporter, and Image Forming Unit Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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