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Patent No.:

US 11886129 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2022

Image forming apparatus to which solvent cartridge that can accommodate therein solvent is detachably attachable independently of developing cartridge

Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Yutaka Kakigahara, Nagoya, JP;

Satoshi Murata, Nagoya, JP;

Masataka Kamiya, Owariasahi, JP;

Masaaki Furukawa, Nagoya, JP;

Yasuo Fukamachi, Nagoya, JP;

Kazutoshi Nakamura, Kuwana, JP;

Hideshi Nishiyama, Owariasahi, JP;

Keita Shimizu, Nagoya, JP;

Keita Hironaka, Obu, JP;

Mariko Mogi, Nagoya, JP;

Naoya Kamimura, Ichinomiya, JP;

Kazuma Hinoue, Nagoya, JP;

Kouichi Sugimoto, Nagakute, JP;

Shinya Kusuda, Nagoya, JP;

Shunji Yoshimoto, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:

BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;

Attorney:

Merchant & Gould P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Arlene Heredia

Assistant Examiner:

Laura Roth

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0875 (2013.01); G03G 15/2007 (2013.01); G03G 15/2096 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 21/1839 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: a main casing; a photosensitive drum rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction; a developing cartridge; a transfer unit; a solvent cartridge accommodating solvent for dissolving toner; an applicator applying the solvent to the toner on a sheet; and a cover movable between an open position and a closed position. The developing cartridge and the solvent cartridge are detachably attachable to the main casing independently of each other. The developing cartridge and the solvent cartridge are positioned between the applicator and the cover in a second direction crossing the first direction, and the solvent cartridge is positioned closer to the applicator than the developing cartridge is to the applicator in a state where the developing cartridge and the solvent cartridge are attached to the main casing and the cover is at the closed position.

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