US 12,259,680 B2
Image forming apparatus
Shougo Sato, Seto (JP); Yasuo Fukamachi, Aichi (JP); Motoaki Mushika, Hashima (JP); and Kazuna Taguchi, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/485,898.
Application 18/485,898 is a continuation of application No. 17/674,256, filed on Feb. 17, 2022, granted, now 11,815,846.
Application 17/674,256 is a continuation of application No. 17/104,204, filed on Nov. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,314,200, issued on Apr. 26, 2022.
Application 17/104,204 is a continuation of application No. 16/773,296, filed on Jan. 27, 2020, granted, now 10,859,967, issued on Dec. 8, 2020.
Application 16/773,296 is a continuation of application No. 16/014,538, filed on Jun. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,571,856, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Application 16/014,538 is a continuation of application No. 15/364,996, filed on Nov. 30, 2016, granted, now 10,031,474, issued on Jul. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-232862 (JP), filed on Nov. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0036514 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/18 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1842 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0896 (2013.01); G03G 21/1814 (2013.01); G03G 21/1821 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising
a process cartridge including a photosensitive member;
a main body having an opening, through which the process cartridge is configured to pass, the opening being located on one side of the main body;
a sheet cassette configured to store a sheet, onto which toner is to be transferred from the photosensitive member, the sheet cassette being detachably attached to the main body; and
a fuser configured to thermally fix the toner transferred from the photosensitive member to the sheet thereon, the fuser being located inside the main body apart from the opening,
wherein the main body includes a supporter configured to support the process cartridge thereon, the supporter being movable between a first position, at which the process cartridge supported by the supporter is located inside the main body, and a second position, at which the process cartridge supported by the supporter protrudes at least partly through the opening outside the main body,
wherein the supporter includes a sheet guide in a plate-like shape configured to guide the sheet fed from the sheet cassette and a roller configured to contact the sheet fed from the sheet cassette,
wherein, when the supporter supporting the process cartridge thereon is located at the first position, the roller, the photosensitive member, and the fuser are arranged in this given order along a direction from the opening toward the fuser, and
wherein the sheet guide is at least partly located farther than the roller from the fuser along the direction from the opening toward the fuser.