US 11,892,797 B2Granted

Image forming apparatus

AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsYasutada Kato, Shunsuke Ishii, Masatoshi Shiraki, Shougo Sato

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Abstract

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.

Claims19

Dependent claims

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

a main housing;
a first photosensitive drum;
a second photosensitive drum;
a first developing device configured to supply toner to the first photosensitive drum;
a second developing device configured to supply toner to the second photosensitive drum;
a first reloading device configured to reload the first developing device with the toner, the first reloading device having a first reloading port, the first reloading port being configured to accept the toner supplied externally from an outside of the image forming apparatus for reloading the first developing device;
and
a second reloading device configured to reload the second developing device with the toner, the second reloading device having a second reloading port, the second reloading port being configured to accept the toner supplied externally from an outside of the image forming apparatus for reloading the second developing device.

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Facts

Application: 17/832,833Filed 6 Jun 2022
Priority: JP 2021-1099861 Jul 2021
Published: US 2023/0004119 A15 Jan 2023
Granted: 6 Feb 2024
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Classification5 codes

G03G 21/1814
Arrangements or disposition of the complete process cartridge or parts thereof: details of parts of process cartridge, e.g. for charging,…
G03G 15/0877
Arrangements for preparing, mixing, supplying or dispensing developer: arrangements for metering and dispensing developer from a developer…
G03G 21/1676
Means for handling parts of the apparatus in the apparatus: for the developer unit
G03G 15/0865
Arrangements for preparing, mixing, supplying or dispensing developer: arrangements for supplying new developer