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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2020
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Shirai, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazutoshi Sugitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Hibiki Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a roller including a rotational shaft supported by a bearing; a support unit that movably supports the bearing and an attached component of the bearing between a use position of the roller and a retraction position away from the use position; and a contact portion that is provided in one or both of the bearing and attached component, and the support unit, and when the roller is moved to the retraction position, comes into contact with part of the support unit or the attached component opposed to the bearing and the attached component.