Image forming apparatus
US7415225B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 9, 2006 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00544
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing unit 8 is fitted with a rail 28 along which a rail guide provided inside an image forming apparatus can slide. This allows the fixing unit 8 to be extracted out of the image forming apparatus. When the fixing unit 8 is extracted out of the image forming apparatus, a transferring body separating member 26, which has thus far been prevented from rotating by the rail 28, is made to rotate by the force applied by a tension spring 27. An end portion of the transferring body separating member 26 presses a transfer roller bracket 24 and thereby moves a transfer roller 17. Thus, the transfer roller 17 is separated from a photoconductor drum 2.
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