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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 2/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/45 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/12 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/04054 (2013.01); B41J 2/45 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G06K 15/1247 (2013.01); G03G 15/0872 (2013.01); G03G 15/0879 (2013.01); G03G 21/1676 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0407 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor that rotates about a first axis; an exposure portion that includes a substrate that includes a plurality of light emitting portions for exposing a surface of the photoconductor, and a support portion for supporting the substrate, and that moves between an exposure position where the photoconductor is exposed and a retracted position where the photoconductor is retracted from the exposure position; and a rotational member that has a second axis along the first axis, and that moves the exposure portion between the retracted position and the exposure position by rotation about the second axis.