US 12,216,430 B2
Image forming apparatus and process cartridge
Yasutada Kato, Nagoya (JP); Shunsuke Ishii, Nagoya (JP); Masatoshi Shiraki, Nagoya (JP); and Shougo Sato, Seto (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/538,462.
Application 18/538,462 is a continuation of application No. 17/832,833, filed on Jun. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,892,797.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-109986 (JP), filed on Jul. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0111244 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1814 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0865 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process cartridge usable in an image forming apparatus, comprising:
a first photosensitive drum;
a second photosensitive drum;
a first developing device configured to supply toner to the first photosensitive drum;
a second developing device configured to supply toner to the second photosensitive drum;
a first reloading device having a first reloading port, the first reloading port being configured to accept the toner supplied externally for reloading the first developing device; and
a second reloading device having a second reloading port, the second reloading port being configured to accept the toner supplied externally for reloading the second developing device,
wherein the first reloading device and the second reloading device are aligned in a first direction,
wherein the first developing device and the second developing device are aligned in a second direction, the second direction intersecting with the first direction, and
wherein the first reloading port and the second reloading port are located on solely one side in the second direction in the process cartridge.