Image forming apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShougo SATO
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main housing, a drawer, and a drum unit. The drawer is movable between an accommodated position at which the drawer is accommodated in the main housing and a pulled-out position at which the drawer is pulled out from the main housing. The drum unit is attachable to the drawer in a state where the drawer is located at the pulled-out position. The drum unit includes a first photosensitive drum, a second photosensitive drum, and a waste toner pipe allowing passage of waste toner from the first photosensitive drum and waste toner from the second photosensitive drum.
Claims37
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main housing;
- a drawer movable between an accommodated position at which the drawer is accommodated in the main housing and a pulled-out position at which the drawer is pulled out from the main housing;
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- a drum unit attachable to the drawer in a state where the drawer is located at the pulled-out position, the drum unit including:
- a first photosensitive drum;
- a second photosensitive drum;
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- a waste toner pipe allowing passage of waste toner from the first photosensitive drum and waste toner from the second photosensitive drum.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main housing;
- a drawer movable between an accommodated position at which the drawer is accommodated in the main housing and a pulled-out position at which the drawer is pulled out from the main housing;
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- a drum unit including a first photosensitive drum and a second photosensitive drum, the drum unit being attachable to the drawer in a state where the drawer is located at the pulled-out position,
- the drawer including a positioning plate positioning the first photosensitive drum and the second photosensitive drum relative to the drawer in a state where the drum unit is attached to the drawer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.