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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Morita, Kunitachi, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image forming apparatus has a drive shaft; a drive coupling supported in an axial direction to couple the drive shaft and a flange with play; a taper coupling supported inside the drive coupling with play to hold the drive shaft and the flange; and a pressing member for pressing the taper coupling, which consists of a tip portion having a tapered chuck structure and coming in surface contact with the drive shaft and the flange by the elastic force of the tapered chuck structure and the pressing force of the pressing member, and an axial portion having a cylindrical structure whose outer diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the drive coupling.