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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2004
Mitsuru Horinoe, Chita-gun, JP;
Masahiro Ishii, Nagoya, JP;
Isao Kishi, Nagoya, JP;
Takeshi Fuwazaki, Nagoya, JP;
Satoru Ishikawa, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Mitsuru Horinoe, Chita-gun, JP;
Masahiro Ishii, Nagoya, JP;
Isao Kishi, Nagoya, JP;
Takeshi Fuwazaki, Nagoya, JP;
Satoru Ishikawa, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image thereon; an electrostatic latent image forming unit that forms an electrostatic latent image on a surface of the image carrier; a developing unit having a toner hopper that receives toner, and a contact portion that contacts with a surface of the image carrier, the contact portion being provided to be displaceable relatively along the surface of the image carrier so as to transfer the toner received in the toner hopper to the electrostatic latent image formed by the electrostatic latent image forming unit; and a guide mechanism that supports the developing unit to be displaceable in a predetermined direction so as to bring the contact portion of the developing unit into contact with an upper portion of the image carrier due to a weight of the developing unit.
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