Image forming apparatus having a drawer
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShougo Sato
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided, including a housing; a drum cartridge; a developing cartridge; a drawer movable between an inner position and an outer position; and a lock member provided on the drawer and movable between a lock position at which the lock member locks the drum cartridge to the drawer, and a release position at which a lock between the drum cartridge and the drawer is released. The lock member includes an operation portion for moving the lock member between the lock position and the release position. The developing cartridge includes a cover member that covers at least a portion of the operation portion in a state in which the drum cartridge is mounted to the drawer, and the developing cartridge is mounted to the drum cartridge.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a housing;
- a drum cartridge comprising a photoconductive drum, a first drum frame that supports a first end of the photoconductive drum, and a second drum frame that supports a second end of the photoconductive drum;
- a developing cartridge detachably mountable to the drum cartridge, the developing cartridge comprising a developing roller;
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- a drawer comprising a first side frame configured to support a first end of the drum cartridge and a second side frame configured to support a second end of the drum cartridge, the drawer being movable between an inner position and an outer position, the drum cartridge being detachable from the drawer in a detaching direction,
- wherein, in the state in which the drum cartridge is mounted to the drawer and the developing cartridge is mounted to the drum cartridge, the first side frame is located farther from the developing cartridge than the first drum frame and the second side frame is located farther from the developing cartridge than the second drum frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.