Patent ID: 11874614
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a first frame;
a first photoconductive drum rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction and supported by the first frame;
a second frame;
a second photoconductive drum rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction and supported by the second frame, the second frame being aligned with the first frame in a second direction intersecting the first direction;
a first toner cartridge detachable from the first frame and having a cartridge housing accommodating toner, the cartridge housing including one end portion and the other end portion spaced apart from the one end portion in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction in a state in which the first toner cartridge is attached to the first frame, the first toner cartridge being movable between a detachable position where the first toner cartridge is detachable from the first frame and an undetachable position where the first toner cartridge is undetachable from the first frame; and
a second toner cartridge detachable from the second frame,
wherein, when the cartridge housing moves from the undetachable position to the detachable position, the one end portion of the cartridge housing comes close to the second toner cartridge and the other end portion of the cartridge housing goes away from the second toner cartridge and
wherein a dimension of the cartridge housing in the third direction is greater than a dimension of the cartridge housing in the second direction in the state in which the first toner cartridge is attached to the first frame.