18819006. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor(s)
Wataru Yamaguchi of Nisshin (JP)
Daisuke Ishizuka of Nagoya (JP)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18819006 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An image forming apparatus, having a cartridge and a main body, is provided. The cartridge has a cartridge-side coupling to transmit a driving force to a drivable member in the cartridge. The cartridge is detachably attached to the main body. The main body includes a body-side coupling movable between a connecting position, at which the body-side coupling is connected with the cartridge-side coupling, and a separated position, at which the body-side coupling is separated from the cartridge-side coupling; a joint cam movable between a first position, at which the joint cam locates the body-side coupling at the connecting position, and a second position, at which the joint cam locates the body-side coupling at the separated position; and a rotator having a dent. The dent allows entry of an end portion of the joint cam there-into when the joint cam is located at the first position.
