US 11,669,042 B2
Image forming device and process cartridge therefor
Shougo Sato, Seto (JP); Kazuna Taguchi, Nagoya (JP); and Shunsuke Ishii, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/831,849.
Claims priority of application No. JP2021-109987 (JP), filed on Jul. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0004118 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01); G03G 21/12 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1814 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0877 (2013.01); G03G 21/12 (2013.01); G03G 21/1676 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0869 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming device, comprising:
a housing formed with an opening;
a cover configured to move between a closing position at which the cover closes the opening and an opening position at which the cover exposes the opening; and
a plurality of process cartridges including a first process cartridge and a second process cartridge,
the first process cartridge comprising:
a first photosensitive drum configured to rotate about a first drum axis extending in a first direction;
a first developing device configured to supply toner to the first photosensitive drum; and
a first supplying device configured to supply the toner to the first developing device, the first supplying device being formed with a first supply port through which the toner to be supplied to the first developing device is provided, the first supplying port being opened to outside the housing, and
the second process cartridge comprising:
a second photosensitive drum configured to rotate about a second drum axis extending in the first direction;
a second developing device configured to supply toner to the second photosensitive drum; and
a second supplying device configured to supply the toner to the second developing device, the second supplying device being formed with a second supply port through which the toner to be supplied to the second developing device is provided, the second supplying port being opened to outside the housing.