Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus capable of preventing damage during mounting of photosensitive-member unit
- Patent Title (中): 能够防止感光构件单元安装时的损伤的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11966526Application Date: 2007-12-28
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Publication No.: US07826766B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Yasushi Okabe
- Applicant: Yasushi Okabe
- 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: JP2007-019867 20070130
- Main IPC: G03G15/01
- IPC: G03G15/01 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
A photosensitive-member unit includes a plurality of photosensitive members arranged in a first direction. The photosensitive-member unit is movable in the first direction to be mounted to or dismounted from a mount position in an apparatus main body. A positioning member is fixed to the apparatus main body and is configured to contact the photosensitive-member unit when the photosensitive-member unit is mounted at the mount position, thereby positioning the photosensitive-member unit at the mount position relative to the apparatus main body. A friction applying member is provided to one side of the apparatus main body with respect to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The photosensitive-member unit is configured to slidingly contact the friction applying member when the photosensitive-member unit moves to the mount position, allowing the friction applying member to apply a frictional force to the photosensitive-member unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080181658A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PREVENTING DAMAGE DURING MOUNTING OF PHOTOSENSITIVE-MEMBER UNIT Public/Granted day:2008-07-31
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