Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kotaro Torikata

Teppei Nagata

Hideki Mori

Dai Kanai

Jun Shirayanagi

Kenta Koyama

Makoto Matsuo

Hideki Takaoka

Masatoshi Lin

A support frame for a sheet conveying apparatus includes a bottom plate that includes a first member having a first surface portion and a first wall portion and a second member having a second surface portion and a second wall portion, a support rod that is fixed to the bottom plate, and a plurality of installation members that is fixed to the bottom plate and installs the sheet conveying apparatus. The second member is fixed to the first member by the second wall portion overlapping and being joined to the first wall portion on an outer side of the first wall portion.

Support frame for sheet conveying apparatus and sheet conveying apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion including an image bearing member, a developing device, and an intermediary transfer belt; a feeding device including a feeding belt; an ultraviolet irradiation portion; a cover; a first shielding plate extending in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction on a feeding surface of the feeding belt from an inner surface of the cover downwardly with respect to the vertical direction and configured to shield the intermediary transfer belt from the ultraviolet radiation toward the intermediary transfer belt; and a second shielding plate provided on the cover and extending downwardly with respect to the vertical direction along an outer surface of the intermediary transfer belt. The second shielding plate is configured to shield the intermediary transfer belt from the ultraviolet radiation toward the intermediary transfer belt.

Image forming apparatus

A separating device includes an electrode roller, an electrode member, a liquid developer supplying portion, a carrier liquid collecting portion, a collecting roller and a blade member. When a line passing through a center and a top of the electrode roller with respect to a gravitational direction is 0&#xb0;, an upstream end portion of a gap between the electrode roller and the electrode member is positioned in a range of 0&#xb0; or more and less than 180&#xb0; with respect to an electrode roller rotational direction. When a line passing through a center and a top of the collecting roller with respect to the gravitational direction is 0&#xb0;, a contact position of the blade member with the collecting roller is in a range of 35&#xb0; or more in an upstream side of a contact position between the collecting and electrode rollers with respect to a collecting roller rotational direction.

Separating device

An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly, a first openable portion provided on a first side of the main assembly, a second openable portion provided on a second side of the main assembly, a single projector portion, a first projecting portion configured to project the image from above the first openable portion onto a projection object provided on the first side or onto the first openable portion when the first openable portion is open, and a second projecting portion configured to project the image from above the second openable portion onto a projection object provided on the second side or onto the second openable portion when the second openable portion is open.

Image forming apparatus including image projector

An image forming apparatus and method for controlling an image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a detecting unit, a projecting unit, and a control unit. The detecting unit is configured to detect an event that needs user work on the image forming apparatus. The projecting unit is configured to project an image onto a projection target. The control unit is configured to control projection by the projecting unit. When an event that needs user work on the image forming apparatus is detected, the projecting unit projects an image onto a projection target so that a target portion of the user work can be identified and also projects an instruction image for performing the user work.

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Chigasaki, Japan

Kotaro Torikata