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Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2021
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Shougo Sato, Seto, JP;

Koji Ogawa, Owariasahi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0865 (2013.01); G03G 21/1619 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 21/1832 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1869 (2013.01);
Abstract

A drum cartridge includes a drum cover movable relative to a photosensitive drum between a first position at which the drum cover covers a part of a circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum and a second position at which the drum cover does not cover the part of the circumferential surface. The drum cover is located at an opposite side of a toner cartridge with respect to the photosensitive drum in a state where the toner cartridge is attached to the drum cartridge and the drum cover is located at the second position. The drum cover is located at the first position in a state where the drum cartridge is attached to a drawer and the drawer is located at a pulled-out position and located at the second position in a state where the drum cartridge is attached to the drawer and the drawer is located at an accommodated position.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Sato, Shougo. (2023). Image forming apparatus and drum cartridge (U.S. Patent No. 11579544). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11579544

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