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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Otsubo, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuaki Otoguro, Abiko, JP;
Yuta Okada, Moriya, JP;
Daisuke Aruga, Abiko, JP;
Hitoshi Iwai, Abiko, JP;
Shinichiro Hosoi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiki Momoka, Tokyo, JP;
Saimon Gokyu, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiro Ishidate, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a third link portion which is rotatably connected to said first link portion at a position between said first connecting portion and said first moving portion so that said first moving portion and said second moving portion are moved toward said drum unit by rotation of said first link portion about said first connecting portion as a rotation shaft and by rotation of said second link portion about said second connecting portion as a rotation shaft in interrelation with slide of said slidable portion, and which is rotatable relative to the apparatus main assembly. The third link portion is out of contact with the optical print head at a portion corresponding to an end portion on the optical print head side.