发明名称 Image Forming Apparatus Provided with Process Cartridge and Toner Cartridge Detachably Mountable Therein
摘要 An image forming apparatus includes: a main casing including a cover; a process cartridge including a second toner conveying part; a transfer belt; a toner cartridge including a first toner conveying part; a secondary transfer member; and a fixing unit. The cover opens and closes an opening of the main casing by pivotally moving about a pivot axis. The transfer belt and toner cartridge are positioned upward of the process cartridge. The secondary transfer member contacts the one end of the transfer belt. The pivot axis and fixing unit are closer to the one end than to the other end of the transfer belt in the orthogonal direction. The second toner conveying part has a second opening in communication with a first opening of the first toner conveying part. The second opening is opposite the developing roller with respect to the photosensitive drum in the orthogonal direction.
申请公布号 US2016291538(A1) 申请公布日期 2016.10.06
申请号 US201615069106 申请日期 2016.03.14
申请人 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 发明人 Sato Shougo
分类号 G03G15/00;G03G21/18 主分类号 G03G15/00
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a main casing having an opening, the main casing including a cover configured to pivotally move about a pivot axis to open and close the opening; a process cartridge detachably mountable in the main casing, the process cartridge including a photosensitive drum and a developing roller; a transfer belt positioned upward of the process cartridge and in contact with the photosensitive drum when the process cartridge has been mounted in the main casing, the transfer belt having one end and another end in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a vertical direction and an axial direction of the photosensitive drum, the pivot axis being positioned closer to the one end of the transfer belt than to the another end of the transfer belt in the orthogonal direction; a toner cartridge configured to accommodate toner to be supplied to the process cartridge and detachably mountable in the main casing, the toner cartridge being positioned upward of the process cartridge when the process cartridge and the toner cartridge have been mounted in the main casing; a secondary transfer member in contact with the one end of the transfer belt; a fixing unit including a heating body and a pressure body, the fixing unit being positioned closer to the one end of the transfer belt than to the another end of the transfer belt in the orthogonal direction; a first toner conveying part provided at the toner cartridge and having a first opening; and a second toner conveying part provided at the process cartridge and having a second opening configured to communicate with the first opening, the second opening being positioned opposite the developing roller with respect to the photosensitive drum in the orthogonal direction.
地址 Nagoya-shi JP