Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus including developing device supporting structure having guide groove
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Application No.: US15897937Application Date: 2018-02-15
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Publication No.: US10281870B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- 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: JP2014-017519 20140131
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/04 ; G03G21/18 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a main casing, a drum frame detachably attached to the main casing and including a photosensitive drum, a developing device supporting structure movable between a first position close to the photosensitive drum and a second position farther from the photosensitive drum, and a developing device supported by the developing device supporting structure and including a developing roller and a guided portion. The developing device supporting structure has a guide groove at an inner surface. The guided portion is disposed in the guide groove to guide the developing device between a third position close to the photosensitive drum and a fourth position farther from the photosensitive drum. When the developing device supporting structure is in the first position, the developing device is in the third position, and when the developing device supporting structure is in the second position, the developing device is in the fourth position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180173155A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-06-21
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