Image forming apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShuichi Kato
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShuichi Kato
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An image forming apparatus includes plural photosensitive drums; a belt which opposes the photosensitive drums; and a holder which collectively holds the photosensitive drums, and is movable between an outer position and an inner position. The holder includes a first handle unit which is provided at an upstream side, a second handle unit which is provided separately from the first handle unit at a downstream side, and an interfered portion which interferes with an apparatus main body. The second handle unit is movable between a protrusion position where the second handle unit protrudes from a top portion of the photosensitive drums and a retreat position where the second handle unit retreats therebelow. The interfered portion interferes with the apparatus main body to cause the second handle unit to be displaced from the protrusion position to the retreat position when the holder is mounted in the apparatus main body.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
A holder configured to collectively hold a plurality of photosensitive drums and configured to be mountable in an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus in a mounting direction, the holder comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.