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Image forming apparatus and image forming unit

US9405210B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 2, 2015
Grant dateAug 2, 2016
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0225
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image holder that is mounted at a predetermined mount position, a charging member that charges the image holder, a cleaning member that cleans the charging member, a holding member that holds the charging member and the cleaning member, includes a mount section on which the cleaning member is mounted, is urged toward the image holder side, and recedes when the image holder is mounted at the predetermined mount position, and a drop-out prevention section that is disposed at a position facing the mount section which is included in the holding member at a receding position and that prevents the cleaning member from dropping out from the mount section.

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