Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Yuuichirou Inaba

Kazuhiro Doda

Masaru Shimura

Ichiro Yasumaru

Seiji Inada

Akinori Takayama

An image forming apparatus includes a movable belt; a transfer member opposed to the image bearing member with the belt therebetween; wherein the transfer member has a contact surface substantially parallel with a surface of the belt and contacted to the belt, and wherein when the belt is moving, the belt rubs the contact surface, and a toner image is transferred from such a part of image bearing member as is opposed to the contact surface; and a supporting member for supporting the transfer member, the supporting member being swingable.

Image forming apparatus having movable endless belt supporting member

Image forming apparatus featuring a rotatable supporting member for a transfer belt

Image forming apparatus having transfer member supported by rotatable supporting member

An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a main frame, and a tray being movable between an inner side position located inside of the main frame and an outer side position located outside of the main frame while supporting process cartridges. The tray has, in its interior, hollow portions through which outside air passes, an inlet that introduces the outside air into the hollow portions, and outlets through which the outside air introduced into the hollow portions is discharged so as to impinge on the process cartridges.

Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and cartridge support member

Image forming apparatus with swingable transfer members

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Susono, Japan

Yuuichirou Inaba