Image forming device and process cartridge
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsToru Ozawa, Takeshi Okoshi
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Abstract
An image forming device of the present invention has: a plurality of process cartridges which are provided in a device main body so as to be installable and removable in a lateral direction, and which are disposed in a vertical row; cartridge guides formed at the device main body, and guiding the plurality of process cartridges respectively to installed positions; handles provided at end portions of the plurality of process cartridges respectively, and grasped at times of installing and removing the plurality of process cartridges respectively; and concave portions provided at insert-in portions of the plurality of cartridge guides respectively, and forming spaces for grasping of the handles.
Claims12
An image forming device comprising:
- a plurality of process cartridges which are provided in a device main body so as to be installable and removable in a lateral direction, and which are disposed in a vertical row;
- cartridge guides formed as an integral part of the device main body, and guiding the plurality of process cartridges respectively to installed positions;
- handles provided at end portions of the plurality of process cartridges respectively, and grasped at times of installing and removing the plurality of process cartridges respectively;
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- concave portions, formed from the device main body and provided at insert-in portions of the plurality of cartridge guides respectively, and forming spaces for grasping of the handles,
- wherein a lower side of the concave portion is larger than an upper side of the concave portion, with respect to the cartridge guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.