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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2012
Yoh Nishimura, Nagoya, JP;
Shougo Sato, Seto, JP;
Yoh Nishimura, Nagoya, JP;
Shougo Sato, Seto, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device includes a developing device unit including a plurality of developing devices, and a plurality of sloping members disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of developing devices. Each developing device includes a developing roller defining an axis line and a developer accommodating chamber. Each developing device is movable in a first direction perpendicular to the axis line. Each sloping member has a sloped surface and a biasing member biasing the sloped surface upward in the first direction. Each sloping member is movable between a first position where the developing device is placed on the sloped surface and a second position where the developing device is disengaged from the sloped surface in a predetermined direction different from the first direction.