Invention Application
- Patent Title: Image Forming Apparatus Provided with Mechanism to Move Developing Roller Relative to Photosensitive Drum
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置具有相对于感光鼓移动显影辊的机构
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Application No.: US14032609Application Date: 2013-09-20
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Publication No.: US20140093273A1Publication Date: 2014-04-03
- Inventor: Atsushi Hayakawa , Atsuhisa Nakashima , Naoya Kamimura
- Applicant: Atsushi Hayakawa , Atsuhisa Nakashima , Naoya Kamimura
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Priority: JP2012-218493 20120928
- Main IPC: G03G21/18
- IPC: G03G21/18

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a main casing and a cartridge detachably mountable therein. The cartridge includes a photosensitive drum and a developing roller disposed to oppose each other. The main casing includes: a metal frame for supporting the cartridge; a lock member supported to the metal frame and movable about a first axis to allow or restrict movement of the photosensitive drum relative to the metal frame; and a contact-separation member supported to the metal frame and movable about a second axis to allow contact and separation of the developing roller relative to the photosensitive drum. The lock member and the contact-separation member are aligned in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to an axis of the photosensitive drum such that the first axis is not overlapped with the contact-separation member or the second axis is not overlapped with the lock member in an axial direction of the photosensitive drum.
Public/Granted literature
- US09141081B2 Image forming apparatus provided with mechanism to move developing roller relative to photosensitive drum Public/Granted day:2015-09-22
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