Patent ID: 11886129
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 20:
21. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a main casing;
a photosensitive drum rotatable about a drum axis extending in a first direction;
a developing cartridge comprising a toner casing that can accommodate therein toner, the developing cartridge supplying the toner onto the photosensitive drum, the developing cartridge being detachably attachable to the main casing;
a transfer unit for transferring the toner that has been supplied onto the photosensitive drum to a sheet;
a solvent cartridge comprising a solvent casing that can accommodate therein solvent for dissolving the toner, the solvent cartridge being detachably attachable to the main casing independently of the developing cartridge, the solvent cartridge being positioned away from the developing cartridge in the first direction in a state where the developing cartridge and the solvent cartridge are attached to the main casing;
an applicator applying the solvent to the toner that has been transferred to the sheet;
a pump for pumping the solvent from the solvent cartridge to the applicator; and
a first circuit board juxtaposed with the solvent cartridge in a second direction crossing the first direction in a state where the solvent cartridge is attached to the main casing,
wherein the first circuit board is electrically connected to the pump.