Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus, drum unit, and manufacturing method for the image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16257803Application Date: 2019-01-25
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Publication No.: US10372057B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Takamasa Tsukada , Junichi Yokoi
- 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: JP2016-243132 20161215; JP2016-243134 20161215; JP2016-243138 20161215; JP2016-243141 20161215
- Main IPC: G03G15/04
- IPC: G03G15/04 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, having a photosensitive drum assembly, an exposure head, and a bearing, is provided. The photosensitive drum assembly includes a photosensitive drum and a flange disposed at an end of the photosensitive drum in an axial direction of an axis of the photosensitive drum. The flange contacts an inner surface of the photosensitive drum. The exposure head includes a plurality of light emitters aligned along the axial direction of the photosensitive drum, a lens array focusing light from the light emitters on the photosensitive drum, and a head frame to support the light emitters and the lens array. The bearing has a first contact face to contact the exposure head to define a distance between the lens array and the photosensitive drum along a direction of an optical axis of the light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190155185A1 Image Forming Apparatus, Drum Unit, And Manufacturing Method For the Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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