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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2019
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Hanjun Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Younghoon Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a main body frame, a developer cartridge detachably mounted on the main body frame, a driving gear deployed on one side of the main body frame to rotate in a first direction to drive the developer cartridge, and a locking member deployed between the driving gear and the developer cartridge to fix the developer cartridge in a locking position in which the developer cartridge is mounted on the main body frame, wherein the locking member is to move the developer cartridge to an unlocking position in which the developer cartridge is separated from the main body frame by a rotation of the driving gear in a second direction opposite to the first direction.