Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16697673Application Date: 2019-11-27
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Publication No.: US10908527B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Yuta Okada , Yasuaki Otoguro , Yuichiro Imai , Toshiki Momoka , Yoshitaka Otsubo
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2018-227618 20181204
- Main IPC: G03G15/04
- IPC: G03G15/04 ; G02B5/08 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including an optical scanning device, wherein the optical scanning device includes: a holding member configured to integrally hold a first cleaning member and a second cleaning member; a first guide member configured to guide a movement of the holding member; a second guide member configured to guide a movement of the holding member; a first groove portion; a second groove portion, and wherein when the holding member moves from end portions of the first guide portion and the second guide portion to an opposite side with respect to a central portion side and a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion of the holding member respectively pass in the first groove portion and the second groove portion, engagements of the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion with the first guide portion and the second guide portion are released.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200174396A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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