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公开(公告)号:US12124192B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US18311954
申请日:2023-05-04
发明人: Shougo Sato
CPC分类号: G03G15/1605 , G03G15/168 , G03G15/6558 , G03G21/105 , G03G21/12 , G03G21/1619 , G03G21/1638 , G03G21/168 , G03G2215/00405 , G03G2215/0054 , G03G2221/1624 , G03G2221/1684
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a chassis having an opening, a cover, photosensitive members, an intermediate transfer belt, a primary-transfer member, a secondary-transfer roller, a cleaner device, an external-sheet inlet, a waste toner container, a connector, and a conveying roller, which is arranged within the feeding path to feed the recording sheet inserted through the external-sheet inlet in the feeding path. The conveying roller is mounted on the waste toner container and removable from the chassis along with the waste toner container.
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公开(公告)号:US11892797B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-06
申请号:US17832833
申请日:2022-06-06
发明人: Yasutada Kato , Shunsuke Ishii , Masatoshi Shiraki , Shougo Sato
CPC分类号: G03G21/1814
摘要: An image forming apparatus, having a main housing, a first photosensitive drum, a second photosensitive drum, a first developing device to supply toner to the first photosensitive drum, a second developing device to supply toner to the second photosensitive drum, a first reloading device to reload the first developing device with the toner, and a second reloading device to reload the second developing device with the toner, is provided. The first reloading device has a first reloading port, which accepts the toner for reloading the first developing device. The first reloading port is openable to an outside of the main housing. The second reloading device has a second reloading port, which accepts the toner for reloading the second developing device. The second reloading port is openable to the outside of the main housing.
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公开(公告)号:US11846909B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-19
申请号:US17816623
申请日:2022-08-01
发明人: Shougo Sato
CPC分类号: G03G21/1676 , G03G21/1623 , G03G21/1633 , G03G21/1647 , G03G21/1666 , G03G21/18 , G03G2221/163
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a main casing; a drum cartridge; and a developing cartridge. The drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum having a rotational axis. The drum cartridge is drawable from the main casing in a first direction where the axis of the photosensitive drum extends. The developing cartridge is drawable from the main casing in the first direction. The developing cartridge includes: a developing roller; a front wall; and a first developing-device frame. The front wall is disposed at a downstream end of the developing cartridge in the first direction. The front wall has a first hole. The first developing-device frame supports the developing roller. The first developing-device frame includes a first boss extending in the first direction. The first boss goes through the first hole of the front wall.
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公开(公告)号:US11815846B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-14
申请号:US17674256
申请日:2022-02-17
发明人: Shougo Sato , Yasuo Fukamachi , Motoaki Mushika , Kazuna Taguchi
CPC分类号: G03G21/1842 , G03G15/0896 , G03G21/1814 , G03G21/1821
摘要: An image forming apparatus, including a process cartridge and a main body with an opening and a cartridge supporter is provided. The process cartridge includes a drum cartridge; a toner cartridge attachable to the drum cartridge; and a switching member switchable states in the process cartridge between a first state, wherein detachment of the toner cartridge is restricted, and a second state, wherein the toner cartridge is released from the restriction. The cartridge supporter is movable between a first position, wherein the cartridge supporter supports the process cartridge to be placed entirely in an inner space in the main body on an inner side of the opening, and a second position, wherein the cartridge supporter supports the process cartridge to be at least partly placed outside the inner space. When the cartridge supporter is in the second position, the switching member is at least partly placed outside the inner space.
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公开(公告)号:US20230341808A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-26
申请号:US18343480
申请日:2023-06-28
发明人: Shougo Sato , Hirotaka Mori , Makoto Souda
CPC分类号: G03G21/10 , G03G15/0872 , G03G21/169 , G03G21/1676 , G03G21/007 , G03G15/0813
摘要: A photosensitive drum is rotatably supported in a main body. A developing cartridge is detachably mountable on the main body in a state where the photosensitive drum is supported in the main body. The developing cartridge includes a developing device and a frame. The developing device includes a developing roller disposed in confrontation with the photosensitive drum to supply developer to the photosensitive drum when the developing cartridge is mounted in the main body, and a developer-accommodating portion configured to accommodate developer. The frame includes a waste-developer-accommodating portion configured to accommodate waste developer and supports the developing device that is movable relative to the frame. The frame is disposed on an opposite side of the developing roller from the photosensitive drum. An urging member is disposed between the frame and the developing device to urge the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum.
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公开(公告)号:US20230333508A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-19
申请号:US18340172
申请日:2023-06-23
发明人: Shougo Sato
CPC分类号: G03G21/1803 , G03G21/1623 , G03G21/1842 , G03G21/1853 , G03G2221/1684 , G03G2221/1869
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a body casing, a pressing member, a process cartridge, and a drawer. The body casing includes a positioning member. The pressing member is disposed inside the body casing. The process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum. The drawer is configured to support the process cartridge and to move, in a sliding direction orthogonal to an axis direction of the photosensitive drum, between an inside position that is a position inside the body casing and an outside position that is a position outside the body casing. The process cartridge includes an engagement portion and a spring. The engagement portion is configured to be positioned by the positioning member. The spring is configured to be pressed by the pressing member such that the engagement portion is pressed toward the positioning member.
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公开(公告)号:US20230305485A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-28
申请号:US18314234
申请日:2023-05-09
发明人: Motoaki Mushika , Shougo Sato
IPC分类号: G03G21/16
CPC分类号: G03G21/1676 , G03G21/1623 , G03G21/1604 , G03G21/1619 , G03G2221/163 , G03G2221/1654 , G03G2221/1684 , G03G2221/1815
摘要: An image-forming device includes a main casing, a belt accommodated in the main casing, developing units arranged along the belt, a drawer configured to detachably support the developing units, the drawer configured to move to a position inside the main casing and to a position outside the main casing, and the drawer having a leading end and a trailing end in a pulling direction from the inside position to the outside position; and a guide configured to guide the drawer and to move between a first position and a second position when the drawer is at the inside position, the second position being farther from the belt than the first position from the belt. When the guide is at the second position, the guide is configured to be tilted downward relative to a horizontal direction such that the leading end is lower than the trailing end.
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公开(公告)号:US20230280676A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-07
申请号:US18315682
申请日:2023-05-11
发明人: Masahiko Hayakawa , Masashi Imai , Shougo Sato
CPC分类号: G03G15/0889 , G03G15/0872 , G03G15/0896 , G03G15/0844 , G03G15/0875 , G03G15/0886 , G03G15/0868 , G03G15/0865 , G03G21/1676 , G03G21/1647 , G03G15/0877
摘要: A developing device includes a developer cartridge and a developing unit. The developer cartridge, in some instances, may include a shutter. This shutter may have a wall for closing a developer supply hole, and be movable, with respect to a developer cartridge casing, between an open position where the supply hole is opened by the wall and a closed position where the supply hole is closed by the wall. The shutter may further include a protrusion that is movable with respect to the wall of the shutter between a first position and a second position in an axial direction. The protrusion, in the first position, is engageable with a developing unit and, in the second position, would be disengaged from the developing unit.
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公开(公告)号:US11714380B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-01
申请号:US17810407
申请日:2022-07-01
发明人: Shougo Sato , Daisuke Maeta , Kazuna Taguchi
CPC分类号: G03G21/1814 , G03G21/105
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a main body casing having an opening; a cover movable between a closing position to close the opening and an opening position to open the opening; and a process cartridge detachably attachable to the main body casing through the opening while the cover is at the opening position. The process cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum; a developing device; a toner receiving part; and a toner conveying part. The toner receiving part has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion has a receiving opening for receiving toner. When the cover is at the closing position and the process cartridge is in the attached state, the first end portion is outside the main body casing while the second end portion is inside the main body casing. The toner conveying part conveys toner in the toner receiving part to the developing device.
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公开(公告)号:US11709456B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-25
申请号:US17932384
申请日:2022-09-15
发明人: Yasumasa Fujii , Shougo Sato
CPC分类号: G03G21/1842 , G03G15/0867 , G03G21/1619 , G03G21/1647 , G03G21/1676
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a main body housing, a drawer, a drum cartridge and a toner cartridge. The drawer is movable in a first direction between an inner position at which the drawer is located inside the main body housing and an outer position at which the drawer is located outside the main body housing. The drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum. The drum cartridge is attachable to and detachable from the drawer. The toner cartridge accommodates toner. When the drum cartridge is attached to the drawer and the drawer is at the inner position, the toner conveyor conveys toner from the toner cartridge to the drum cartridge.
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