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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shogo Miyakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Yoshimura, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiromi Fujinaka, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Matsuoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Hoashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomoya Kuruma, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an image forming apparatus includes a feeding module, an image forming module, and a fixing module. The feeding module feeds a recording material. The image forming module includes a photosensitive drum and forms a developer image on the recording material fed to the image forming module by the feeding module. The fixing module fixes the developer image formed by the image forming module to the recording material. The image forming module includes a scanner frame that supports an exposure unit configured to expose the photosensitive drum. The feeding module is installed on the scanner frame.