Image forming apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYoung-min Kim
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main body in which a cassette unit to accommodate a plurality of sheets of paper, a toner cartridge unit to contain toner, an imaging unit to flow into the toner contained in the toner cartridge unit, a transfer unit which transfers an image formed by the imaging unit onto the paper, and a waste toner collection unit to collect waste toner discharged from the imaging unit and the transfer unit, and a control panel unit to receive user commands, wherein at least four of the cassette unit, the toner cartridge unit, the imaging unit, the transfer unit, the waste toner collection unit, and the control panel unit are disposed so as to be accessed by a user in the same direction.
Claims17
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body in which a cassette unit to accommodate a plurality of sheets of paper, a plurality of toner cartridge units to contain toner having different colors respectively, a plurality of imaging units, each imaging unit to receive toner from the respective toner cartridge unit and to form an image on a transfer unit;
- a control panel unit to receive user commands and accessible from a front side of the image forming apparatus;
- a cassette unit movably attached to the main body so as to be accessible from the front side of the image forming apparatus;
- a first cover attached to the main body and movable between an opened position and a closed position;
- a second cover attached to the main body and movable between an opened position and a closed position;
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- a waste toner collection unit to collect waste toner discharged from the plurality of imaging units and the transfer unit,
- wherein the plurality of toner cartridge units, the waste toner collection unit and the second cover are accessible from the front side of the image forming apparatus when the first cover is in the opened position, and
- wherein the plurality of imaging units and the transfer unit are accessible from the front side of the image forming apparatus when both the first cover and the second cover are in the opened position.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a first cover and a second cover both movable from an opened position to a closed position;
- a plurality of toner cartridge units to contain toner, each toner cartridge unit having a different color;
- a plurality of imaging units, each imaging unit to receive the toner from the toner cartridge unit;
- a transfer unit to transfer an image formed thereon by the plurality of imaging units onto a paper, and
- a waste toner collection unit to collect waste toner discharged from the plurality of imaging units and the transfer unit,
- wherein the plurality of toner cartridge units, the waste toner collection unit and the second cover are accessible from a front side of the image forming apparatus when the first cover is in the opened position, and
- wherein the plurality of imaging units and the transfer unit are accessible from the front side of the image forming apparatus when both the first cover and the second cover are in the opened position.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of replaceable units detachable from a front side thereof;
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- a first cover and a second cover to open and close at the front side of the image forming apparatus to access and replace the plurality of replaceable units, including a plurality of toner cartridge units and at least one of a waste toner collection unit, an imaging unit, and a transfer unit, therethrough,
- wherein the plurality of toner cartridge units and the second cover are accessible from the front side when the first cover is opened, and
- wherein at least one of the plurality of replaceable units are accessible and replaceable from the front side when both the first cover and the second cover are opened.
A frame of an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a first guide rail to removably accommodate a toner cartridge unit which contains toner;
- a second guide rail to removably accommodate an imaging unit which receives the toner from the toner cartridge unit to form an image;
- a third guide rail to removably accommodate a transfer unit to transfer the image onto a printing medium;
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- a first cover to cover the toner cartridge unit, a second cover, and at least one of the imaging unit and the transfer unit, the first cover and second cover movable between an opened position and a closed position,
- wherein the toner cartridge unit and the second cover are accessible from a front side of the image forming apparatus when the first cover is opened, and
- wherein the imaging unit and the transfer unit are accessible from the front side of the image forming apparatus when both the first cover and second cover are opened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.