US 11,809,124 B2
Cleaning unit including handle having lock mechanism for locking cleaning unit to main body of image forming apparatus
Atsushi Ozawa, Aichi (JP); Yohei Hashimoto, Nagakute (JP); and Hikaru Iino, Niwa (JP)
Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/806,772.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-104936 (JP), filed on Jun. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0413428 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G03G 21/10 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/12 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1647 (2013.01) [G03G 21/12 (2013.01); G03G 21/169 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1846 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning unit attachable to and detachable from a main body of an image forming apparatus including a photosensitive drum extending in an axial direction and a belt configured to contact the photosensitive drum, the cleaning unit being capable of accommodating therein developing agent collected from the image forming apparatus, the cleaning unit comprising:
a frame configured to accommodate therein developing agent collected from the image forming apparatus; and
a handle comprising
a pair of first parts, each of the pair of first parts extending from the frame in an extending direction perpendicular to the axial direction in a state where the cleaning unit is attached to the main body, the pair of first parts comprising a lock mechanism for locking the cleaning unit to the main body; and
a second part extending in the axial direction and connecting the pair of first parts to each other,
wherein the lock mechanism comprises
a looking member that is slidably movable, and
a look portion supporting the locking member such that the looking member is slidably movable.