Development device attachment unit and image forming apparatus having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDae Hyeok IM, Byung Sun AHN
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a guide member to guide movement of a developing device receiving member, which receives a plurality of developing devices, between the exterior and the interior of an image forming apparatus body. The guide member supports the developing device receiving member to enable rotation of the developing device receiving member within the body.
Claims35
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- a plurality of developing devices provided in the body;
- a developing device receiving member in which the plurality of developing devices is received;
- and
- a guide member to guide movement of the developing device receiving member between the exterior and the interior of the body,
- wherein the guide member supports the developing device receiving member to enable rotation of the developing device receiving member within the body.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- a plurality of developing devices disposed obliquely upward from a front side to a rear side of the body when in a developing position;
- a transfer belt disposed to face the plurality of developing devices to extend obliquely upward from the front side to the rear side of the body;
- a developing device receiving member to support the plurality of developing devices, the developing device receiving member being movable toward the front side and the rear side of the body, respectively;
- and
- a guide member to guide movement of the developing device receiving member toward the front side and the rear side of the body, respectively
- wherein the guide member supports the developing device receiving member to enable rotation of the developing device receiving member that has moved toward the rear side of the body.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- a developing unit provided in the body;
- and
- a developing device attachment/detachment unit to support the developing unit and move the developing unit between the exterior and the interior of the body,
- wherein the developing device attachment/detachment unit enables rotation of the developing unit located within the body.
A developing device receiving member, comprising:
- a main body having a receptacle to receive a plurality of developing devices;
- and
- at least a first guide protrusion and a second guide protrusion located on a lateral side of the main body at a rear end of the main body, the first guide protrusion being located above the second guide protrusion with respect to a bottom surface of the main body.
The developing device receiving member, wherein the receptacle receives the plurality of developing devices side-by-side in a front-to-rear direction.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a body having an opening at a first end and having a second end opposite the first end;
- at least a first guide located on opposing support structures within the body;
- and
- a developing device receiving member to receive at least one developing device, to move along the first guide from a developing device loading position to a developing position at which the at least one developing device forms an image on a developing medium, the developing device receiving member rotatable within the body and positioned at an oblique angle within the body in the developing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.