发明名称 Image forming apparatus
摘要 An image forming apparatus, including a frame, a cartridge attachable to the frame and including a first on-cartridge electrode and a second on-cartridge electrode, a first electrode protruding from the frame toward the cartridge to contact the first on-cartridge electrode when the cartridge is attached to the frame, and a second electrode protruding from the frame toward the cartridge to contact the second on-cartridge electrode when the cartridge is attached to the frame, is provided. The second electrode is on an upstream side of the first electrode with regard to an attaching direction and in a position to be passed through by the first on-cartridge electrode when the cartridge is moved. When the cartridge is detached from the frame, a tip of the second electrode is closer to the frame than a tip of the first electrode with regard to a facing direction of the cartridge and the frame.
申请公布号 US9152124(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.10.06
申请号 US201414582333 申请日期 2014.12.24
申请人 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 发明人 Mikuni Atsushi
分类号 G03G15/00;G03G21/16 主分类号 G03G15/00
代理机构 Burr & Brown, PLLC 代理人 Burr & Brown, PLLC
主权项 1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a frame; a cartridge configured to be detachably attached to the frame along an attaching direction and comprising a first on-cartridge electrode and a second on-cartridge electrode; a first electrode configured to protrude from the frame toward the cartridge and to contact the first on-cartridge electrode when the cartridge is in an attached state with respect to the frame; a second electrode configured to protrude from the frame toward the cartridge and to contact the second on-cartridge electrode when the cartridge is in the attached state with respect to the frame, and a conveyer guide configured to guide a recording sheet, wherein the second electrode is arranged in a position on an upstream side of the first electrode with regard to the attaching direction of the cartridge and in a position to be passed through by the first on-cartridge electrode when the cartridge is moved to be attached to or detached from the frame; wherein, when the cartridge is in a detached state with respect to the frame, a tip of the second electrode is in a position closer to the frame than a tip of the first electrode with regard to a facing direction, along which the cartridge and the frame face each other; wherein the frame comprises a guide configured to guide the cartridge to move along the attaching direction; wherein the guide comprises a first guiding part extending in a first direction and a second guiding part arranged on a downstream side of the first guiding part with regard to the attaching direction, the second guiding part extending in a second direction which is different from the first direction; and wherein the second guiding part extends from a transitive part, which is between the first guiding part and the second guiding part, toward a downstream along the second direction, the second guiding part extending to approach closer to the conveyer guide toward the downstream of the second direction.
地址 Nagoya-Shi JP