Image forming apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHyun-woo KIM
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main body frame, a developing cartridge provided to be attached to and detached from the main body frame, a button which is provided in one of the main body frame and the developing cartridge and which is coupled to and separated from the other one thereof, and a button accommodating part which is provided in the other one of the main body frame and the developing cartridge and which is coupled to the button.
Claims22
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body frame;
- a developing cartridge provided to be attached to and detached from the main body frame;
- a button provided in one of the main body frame and the developing cartridge and coupled to and separated from the other one of the main body frame and the developing cartridge;
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- a button accommodating part to couple with and be separated from the button and provided in the other one of the main body frame and the developing cartridge.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body frame;
- a developing cartridge provided to be attached to and detached from the main body frame;
- a button provided in one of the main body frame and the developing cartridge and is projected and retracted with respect to the other one of the main body frame and the developing cartridge;
- an elastic member provided on one side of the button and applies an elastic force so that the button can be projected and retracted;
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- a button accommodating part provided in the other one of the main body frame and the developing cartridge to accommodate the button.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body frame;
- a developing cartridge to be inserted into the main body frame;
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- at least one coupling member to couple the developing cartridge to the main body frame in a direction transverse to a direction in which the developing cartridge is inserted.
A method of attaching and detaching a developing cartridge to an image forming device with a main body, the method comprising:
- engaging coupling members of the developing cartridge into accommodating holes of the image forming device when attaching the developing cartridge to the image forming device;
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- separating the coupling members from the accommodating holes of the image forming device when detaching the developing cartridge from the image forming device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.