Invention Application
- Patent Title: IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
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Application No.: US17501141Application Date: 2021-10-14
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Publication No.: US20220137550A1Publication Date: 2022-05-05
- Inventor: Hirotaka Ishii , Kenji Abe
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2020-184503 20201104,JP2021-146732 20210909
- Main IPC: G03G21/18
- IPC: G03G21/18 ; G03G15/16 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a first process cartridge including a first image bearing member and a first developing roller and detachably attached to the apparatus body, a toner cartridge configured to accommodate the first toner and detachably attached to the apparatus body independently from the first process cartridge, and a second process cartridge including a second image bearing member and a second developing roller and detachably attached to the apparatus body and configured not to be replenished with the second toner in a state where the second process cartridge is attached to the apparatus body.
Public/Granted literature
- US11681256B2 Image forming apparatus having detachable cartridges and image forming system Public/Granted day:2023-06-20
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