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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Kanno, Odawara, JP;
Masanari Morioka, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member unit and a supporting member supporting a developer cartridge and movable between an inside position, wherein the supporting member is movable to the outside position independently from the photosensitive member unit. When the supporting member is in the inside position, the photosensitive member unit and the cartridge are disposed at positions overlapping with each other, and by the cartridge rotating about a coupling during the supporting member moving to the outside position, the cartridge is displaced from a first position taken when the supporting member is in the inside position to a second position in which the cartridge does not interfere with the photosensitive member unit when the supporting member is moved the outside position independently from the photosensitive member unit which remains inside the main assembly.