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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuki Kurosu, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/161 (2013.01); G03G 21/168 (2013.01); G03G 15/1615 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0132 (2013.01); G03G 2215/1661 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1642 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a belt unit including a cleaning unit and an opposing roller, and a swinging mechanism. The swinging mechanism includes a swingable member which is provided in a position different from a rotation center of the opposing roller while holding the opposing roller and the cleaning unit without changing a relative positional relationship between the opposing roller and the cleaning unit and which is swingable about a swing axis.