Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus for detecting developer cartridge status
- Patent Title (中): 用于检测显影剂盒状态的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12039113Application Date: 2008-02-28
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Publication No.: US08090272B2Publication Date: 2012-01-03
- Inventor: Satoru Ishikawa
- Applicant: Satoru Ishikawa
- 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: JP2007-050723 20070228
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus according to one aspect comprises: a main unit; and a developer cartridge detachably attached to the main unit. The developing cartridge comprises: a rotation body having a rotational axis and rotatable in a rotation direction; and one rotational arm of a first rotational arm or two rotational arms of the first rotational arm and a second rotational arm which are rotatable around the rotational axis. The main unit comprises: a swingable detecting arm; an elastic member that urges the detecting arm toward a neutral position. When the developer cartridge is attached to the main unit, the first rotational arm contacts with the detecting arm to swing in a first swing direction from the neutral position. When the rotation body rotates by a predetermined rotation amount, the second rotational arm contacts with the detecting arm in a second direction from the neutral position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080205928A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2008-08-28
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