Patent ID: 8478163
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming device comprising: an image bearing member cartridge configured to accommodate an image bearing member therein and including a first operation portion; a toner cartridge configured to accommodate toner therein and including a second operation portion; and a developer cartridge configured to accommodate a developer unit therein, wherein the developer unit is configured to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member by the toner accommodated in the toner cartridge, wherein the image bearing member cartridge, the toner cartridge, and the developer cartridge are detachably mountable to the image forming device, wherein the image bearing member cartridge, the toner cartridge, and the developer cartridge are mountable to and removable from a body of the image forming device through a common loading port in communication with a common path, wherein the first operation portion is movable between a first state in which the developer cartridge is engaged with the image bearing member cartridge and a second state in which the developer cartridge is disengaged from the image bearing member cartridge, wherein the second operation portion is movable between a third state in which the toner cartridge is engaged with the developer cartridge and a fourth state in which the toner cartridge is disengaged from the developer cartridge, wherein, when the second operation portion is in the fourth state, the toner cartridge is removable from the image forming device independently of the developer cartridge, wherein, when the second operation portion is in the third state and the first operation portion is in the second state, the developer cartridge is removable together with the toner cartridge without removing the image bearing cartridge, and wherein, when the second operation portion is in the third state and the first operation portion is in the first state, the developer cartridge, the toner cartridge and the image bearing member cartridge are removable together.