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Image forming apparatus

US8311453B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 2010
Grant dateNov 13, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1606
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a housing; a photosensitive member unit detachably mountable relative to the housing and which includes a photosensitive member; a transfer belt unit detachably mountable relative to the housing which includes a transfer belt member and a spacing mechanism for spacing the transfer belt member from the photosensitive member; a shaft member, provided in the housing, for supporting the photosensitive member; a guiding portion, provided on the photosensitive member unit, for guiding mounting, to the housing, of the photosensitive member unit; and a rotation regulating member, provided on the transfer belt unit, for regulating a movement of the guiding portion, in the a rotational direction, of the photosensitive member at the time of the mounting of the photosensitive unit to the housing.

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