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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2014
Eiji Kawahara, Nagoya, JP;
Eiji Kawahara, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device includes a main body, developer cartridges, a drawer, and an ejecting mechanism. The drawer is movable relative to the main body. The developer cartridges are juxtaposed in a predetermined direction and detachably attached to the drawer. Each developer cartridge includes a developing roller whose rotational axis extends in an axial direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction. The ejecting mechanism moves at least one developer cartridge from an attached position in a moving direction relative to the drawer. The moving direction intersects the predetermined direction and is orthogonal to the axial direction. The ejecting mechanism includes an operating part and an actuating part. The actuating part moves the at least one developer cartridge from the attached position in the moving direction in response to the operating part receiving an operating force.