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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Ginga Nakamura, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); B65H 5/38 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2013.01); B65H 5/38 (2013.01); G03G 15/167 (2013.01); G03G 15/20 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00544 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a first unit is disposed at a position at which a transfer member comes into contact with an image carrier, the first unit is urged in a first urging direction intersecting a movement direction of a second unit by a second urging member disposed between the first unit and the second unit being movable between a first attachment position with respect to an image forming apparatus body and a second attachment position different from the first attachment position.