Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12646401Application Date: 2009-12-23
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Publication No.: US08185016B2Publication Date: 2012-05-22
- Inventor: Hirotaka Mori , Atsushi Miwa
- Applicant: Hirotaka Mori , Atsushi Miwa
- 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: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-332619 20081226; JP2009-130049 20090529
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; an image forming unit including a plurality of photosensitive drums on which electrostatic latent images are formed, respectively; a sheet storing unit detachably attached to the main body and configured to store a recording sheet, and the sheet storing unit being disposed in a first space defined in the main body when the sheet storing unit is attached to the main body; and a belt unit disposed between the plurality of photosensitive drums and the sheet storing unit and including a belt opposing the plurality of photosensitive drums. The belt unit is detachable from the main body through the first space in a state in which at least a part of the sheet storing unit is positioned outside the main body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100166455A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-07-01
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