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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2023
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Nao Itabashi, Nagoya, JP;
Misato Osuka, Nagoya, JP;
Keita Shimizu, Nagoya, JP;
Go Iwasa, Nagoya, JP;
Kazutoshi Nakamura, Kuwana, JP;
Ryosuke Hayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Tsubasa Kiriyama, Toyoake, JP;
Naoya Kamimura, Ichinomiya, JP;
Yuwen Wang, Nagoya, JP;
Masaaki Furukawa, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuma Hinoue, Nagoya, JP;
Kenta Tosuji, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main housing, a drawer, and a cartridge. The drawer is movable between an inside position inside the main housing and an outside position outside the main housing. The cartridge is installable into and removable from the drawer. The cartridge includes a photosensitive drum configured to rotate about a drum axis. The drawer comprises a lock member movable between a lock position in which the drawer is locked to the main housing, and an unlock position in which the drawer is unlocked from the main housing. The cartridge installed in the drawer is rotatable about the drum axis between a first position and a second position. The lock member is positioned in the lock position when the cartridge is positioned in the first position, and positioned in the unlock position when the cartridge is positioned in the second position.