Invention Grant
US09436119B1 Image forming apparatus having a removable unit with a driving portion
有权
图像形成装置具有带有驱动部分的可移除单元
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having a removable unit with a driving portion
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置具有带有驱动部分的可移除单元
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Application No.: US14809773Application Date: 2015-07-27
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Publication No.: US09436119B1Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- Inventor: Kazuaki Iikura , Kaoru Watanabe , Kazuhiro Saito , Lei Yuan , Satoshi Miyawaki , Atsuna Saiki
- Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2015-056683 20150319
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/18 ; G03G15/04

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes the following elements. A housing includes a mounting unit. A removable unit includes at least a photoconductor drum and is mounted on and dismounted from the mounting unit. An exposure device includes a light-emitting source and is fixed to the mounting unit such that the exposure device pivots about a pivot point in directions in which it approaches and separates from the photoconductor drum. The exposure device includes a driven portion at an end on an upstream side in an inserting direction of the removable unit. The driven portion is driven to move the exposure device in a direction in which it approaches the photoconductor drum. The removable unit includes a driving portion at the end on the upstream side. The driving portion contacts and drives the driven portion to move the exposure device in the direction in which the exposure device approaches the photoconductor drum.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160274484A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A REMOVABLE UNIT WITH A DRIVING PORTION Public/Granted day:2016-09-22
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