Image forming apparatus having resin frame for supporting photosensitive drum

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9182729
APP PUB NO 20150177680A1
SERIAL NO

14582753

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An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit, a first frame, and a first beam, is provided. The image forming unit includes a photosensitive drum which is rotatable about a rotation axis and a developer device which supplies developer agent to the photosensitive drum. The first frame is made of resin and formed in a shape of a plate. The first frame is arranged on one end, along an axial direction of the rotation axis of the photosensitive drum, of the image forming unit. The first beam is formed in an elongated shape. The first beam is arranged along and fixed to a planar face of the first frame. The first beam includes a resilient part configured to be resiliently deformable in a direction orthogonal to the planar face of the first frame.

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BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA15-1 NAESHIRO-CHO MIZUHO-KU NAGOYA 467-8561

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nishimura, Yohei Kiyosu, JP 28 235
Souda, Makoto Nagoya, JP 70 560
Tomatsu, Yoshiya Kasugai, JP 100 1123

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