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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Suganuma, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6529 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording medium includes a rotating member, a holding member, and an urging member. The rotating member is rotatable about a rotation axis between a first position and a second position and is rotatable from the first position in a direction opposite to the second position. The holding member holds the rotating member rotatably. The urging member urges the rotating member in a returning direction in which the rotating member is returned to the first position when the rotating member rotates from the first position in the direction opposite to the second position.