Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14255797Application Date: 2014-04-17
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Publication No.: US09046870B2Publication Date: 2015-06-02
- Inventor: Noriaki Sumikura , Katsuhiro Yoshiuchi
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP
- Priority: JP2013-088484 20130419
- Main IPC: G03G15/04
- IPC: G03G15/04 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
A copier includes a developing unit, a toner container, a first movable unit, and a second movable unit. The first movable unit carries the developing unit and is movable between a close position where a developing roller of the developing unit is located close to a photosensitive drum and a distant position where the developing roller is located away from the photosensitive drum. The second movable unit carries the toner container and is configured to drag the first movable unit from the close position to the distant position. The copier is configured so that while the second movable unit is located at a standby position for the drag, a clearance is formed between the first and second movable units to avoid physical contact between the first and second movable units.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140314448A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-10-23
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