Image forming apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByung-jo LEE, Gun-wook KIM, Jin-ho PARK, Young-min YOON
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AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByung-jo LEE, Gun-wook KIM, Jin-ho PARK, Young-min YOON
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An image forming apparatus includes a main body of the image forming apparatus; at least one image forming unit disposed in the main body; a light scanning unit that is disposed in the main body and scans light to form an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive medium of the at least one image forming unit; a window open-closing shutter that is disposed to slidably move on a surface of the light scanning unit from which light emits, and moves between an open position where a light moving path is opened and a blocking position where the light moving path is blocked; a shutter operating lever that is disposed in the main body, and activates the window open-closing shutter to be positioned at either of the open position and the blocking position; and a pressure member that is disposed in the main body and presses the shutter operating lever.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
A method for preventing developer from contaminating a window member of a light scanner in an image forming apparatus when emptying a waste developer receptacle mounted in the image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
An image forming apparatus capable of preventing developer from contaminating a window member of a light scanner in the image forming apparatus when emptying a waste developer receptacle mounted in the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.