Image forming apparatus having first cover and second cover

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9354594-B2
Application number	US-201514815276-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2015
Priority date	Jul 25, 2008
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

An image forming apparatus having a casing, a first cover and a second cover. The first cover is rotatable between a first opened position to expose a first opening and a first closed position. The second cover is rotatable between a second opened position to expose a second opening and a second closed position. The first cover is sized and positioned relative to a toner cartridge to rotate to the first opened position to permit removal of the toner cartridge that is detached from a developing unit while the second cover is maintained in the second closed position. The first cover and the second cover are sized and positioned relative to the developing unit and a photosensitive body to rotate respectively to the first opened position and the second opened position to permit removal of the developing unit and the photosensitive body integrally.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a casing defining a first opening and a second opening;
a first cover rotatable between a first opened position to expose the first opening and a first closed position to cover the first opening;
a second cover rotatable between a second opened position to expose the second opening and a second closed position to cover the second opening;
a process unit comprising:
a photosensitive body;
a developing unit compr…

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Tamaru Yasuo

Classifications

• G03G2221/1687

  Physics · mapped topic

• G03G2215/0141

  Physics · mapped topic

• G03G21/1633 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G03G15/0875

  Physics · mapped topic

• G03G21/1807

  Physics · mapped topic