Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Mitsuki Hattori

Yoshifumi Okauchi

Kazuhisa Hirahara

Yuya Shimohora

Yoshihiko Kurotsu

An grounding structure of an equipment includes a coil spring provided between a first member of an equipment side and a second member, which includes a metal plate member, of a ground side, wherein the first member and the second member are disposed opposite to each other, one end of the coil spring is brought into press contact with the first member, and the other end of the coil spring is brought into press contact with the second member. An engraved groove is formed at an abutting point of the second member with the coil spring, and is formed such that at least a part of a convex burr part generated along an end edge of the engraved groove abuts the other end of the coil spring.

Grounding structure for electrically grounding equipment and image forming apparatus including the same

An image forming apparatus includes a fixing member and a conveying guide member. The conveying guide member is arranged on the downstream side of the fixing member in the sheet conveying direction and forms a conveying passage for a sheet passed through a fixing nip portion. The conveying guide member is provided with an opening portion which is open toward the fixing member near the downstream side of the fixing nip portion in the sheet conveying direction and which allows the inside and the outside of the conveying passage to communicate with each other, and is fitted with an static eliminating member which projects from outside the conveying portion via the opening portion into the conveying passage and which touches the sheet passed through the fixing nip portion to remove electric charges.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus has a cooler, an air passage switching member, a swing mechanism, a drive gear train, and a restricting mechanism. The air passage switching member is swingable and switches the path of cooling air produced by the cooler. The swing mechanism swings the air passage switching member. The drive gear train transmits a rotation driving force to the swing mechanism. The restricting mechanism restricts the swinging range of the swing mechanism. The swing mechanism has a first gear coupled to the drive gear train, and an actuator swingably coupled to the first gear with a predetermined load and coupled to the air passage switching member. By swinging the actuator together with the first gear while restricting the swinging range of the actuator with the restricting mechanism, the air passage switching member is switched between a first position and a second position.

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Mitsuki Hattori