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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
May. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventor:
Young Hoon Kim, Suwon-Si, KR;
Assignee:
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1842 (2013.01); G03G 21/1853 (2013.01); G03G 21/1864 (2013.01); G03G 15/0875 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1869 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main body, and a tray movable from an inner portion of a main body to outside of the main body. A plurality of consumable cartridges are removably mountable on the tray. The tray includes a guide member, and during mounting of each of the plurality of consumable cartridges, the guide member moves each of the plurality of consumable cartridges in a direction perpendicular to a mounting direction of the consumable cartridges so that the consumable cartridges are mounted on the tray.