Image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9026005-B2
Application number	US-201313940310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2013
Priority date	Jul 27, 2012
Publication date	May 5, 2015
Grant date	May 5, 2015

Abstract

An image forming apparatus is provided, which includes a sheet tray disposed to face a plurality of photoconductive bodies across a belt device, and two main frames disposed to face each other across the plurality of photoconductive bodies, the belt device, and the sheet tray, the two main frames being configured such that the plurality of photoconductive bodies, the belt device, and the sheet tray are detachably attached thereto, the two main frames being further configured to define a communication section that leads from a space for accommodating the plurality of photoconductive bodies to the sheet tray.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a plurality of photoconductive bodies arranged in tandem along a predetermined direction, each photoconductive body being configured to carry a developer image to be transferred onto a sheet;
a plurality of exposure units provided for the plurality of photoconductive bodies, respectively, each of the plurality of exposure units including an LED which emits light for exposing a corresponding one of the plurality of pho…

Assignees

• Mogi Mariko
• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Mogi Mariko

Classifications

• G03G2215/0141

  Physics · mapped topic

• G03G21/1619 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic