Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US14276293Application Date: 2014-05-13
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Publication No.: US09720345B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Ryuji Tanaami , Keita Nakajima , Koji Miwa , Yuji Mitsui
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2010-126812 20100602; JP2011-091240 20110415; JP2011-114806 20110523
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/04 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including: a first moving member pressed and moved by an openable/closable member when the openable/closable member is opened, and switching a cartridge from a state where the cartridge is positioned in an image forming position to a state where the positioning is released; and a second moving member pressed and moved by the openable/closable member when the openable/closable member is opened, and moving the exposure member from an exposure position to a retracted position, wherein when the positioning of the cartridge is released, a reaction force applied from the first moving member to the openable/closable member reaches a first peak, when the exposure member is moved to the retracted position, a reaction force applied from the second moving member to the openable/closable member reaches a second peak, and timing of the first peak is different from timing of the second peak.
Public/Granted literature
- US09423766B2 Image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2016-08-23
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