Image formation apparatus and developer cartridge
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSusumu Sakuma
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Abstract
The invention provides an image formation apparatus, to which developing devices, each having an opening, and developer cartridges for respectively supplying a developing agent to the openings of the developing devices are mountable. The apparatus includes: developing device shutters, each configured to open and close a respective one of the openings of the developing devices mounted to the apparatus; and a link mechanism configured to move the developing device shutters in linking with each other.
Claims6
An image formation apparatus, to which developing devices, each having an opening, and developer cartridges for respectively supplying a developing agent to the openings of the developing devices are configured to be mounted, the developing devices when mounted being arrayed substantially in a first direction, the apparatus comprising:
- developing device shutters, each configured to open and close a respective one of the openings of the developing devices mounted to the apparatus, wherein the developing device shutters are movable substantially in the first direction;
- a link mechanism configured to move the developing device shutters in linking with each other;
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- a support member configured to support the developing devices, wherein the support member and the developing devices supported by the support member can be moved to and from a position defined in the apparatus as a unit construction by moving the support member substantially in a second direction.
An image formation apparatus configured to accommodate developing devices arrayed substantially in a first direction, each developing device having an opening, and developer cartridges for respectively supplying a developing agent to the openings of the developing devices, the apparatus comprising:
- developing device shutters, each configured to open and close a respective one of the openings of the developing devices accommodated by the apparatus, wherein the developing device shutters are movable substantially in the first direction;
- a link mechanism configured to move the developing device shutters in linking with each other;
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- a support member configured to support the developing devices, wherein the support member with the developing devices accommodated by the apparatus are configured be moved to and from a position defined in the apparatus as a unit construction by moving the support member substantially in a second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.