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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Taku Murotani, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuhiro Obara, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroki Katayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Nagatoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Chihiro Shirakawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsushi Uneme, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus to form a toner image on a recording material includes a photosensitive member and an optical scanning unit. The optical scanning unit includes an optical scanning unit, an optical box, a cover member, and a moving unit movable to an outside of the image forming apparatus. The optical scanning unit and the moving unit are arranged so that the moving unit and the optical scanning unit are opposed to each other when the moving unit is located in an inside of the image forming apparatus. The optical scanning unit is disposed so as to allow a user to touch the optical scanning unit through a space generated in the inside of the image forming apparatus when the moving unit is moved to the outside of the image forming apparatus. Between the optical box and the cover member, the cover member is opposed to the moving unit.