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Patent No.:

US 10191444 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 25, 2016

Image forming apparatus which includes a detachable cartridge configured to avoid a collision between an exposing member and the cartridge when mounting the cartridge to a supporting member of the image forming apparatus

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Ken Kikuchi, Mishimi, JP;

Tsutomu Nishiuwatoko, Numazu, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Canon USA, Inc. I.P. Division

Primary Examiner:

Arlene Heredia Ocasio

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 21/1623 (2013.01); G03G 21/1666 (2013.01); G03G 21/1671 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1684 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1869 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an image forming apparatus, a guide portion provided to a supporting member, engages a cartridge and guides the cartridge, to move the cartridge toward a mounting portion. A regulated portion provided to a frame, and a regulating portion provided to the supporting member, regulates the position of the regulated portion when the cartridge is at a position not engaged with the guide portion. The supporting member is configured with an upstream side of a light emitting surface being opened with regard to mounting the cartridge to the mounting portion in the mounting direction. A gap is formed between the frame and the light emitting surface when the regulated portion is in contact with the regulating portion and the position of the regulated portion is being regulated.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kikuchi, Ken. (2019). Image forming apparatus which includes a detachable cartridge configured to avoid a collision between an exposing member and the cartridge when mounting the cartridge to a supporting member of the image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 10191444). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10191444

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