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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Takase, Shizuoka, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion including a photosensitive member that is rotatably supported about a rotation shaft extending in a first direction and a transfer member, a fixing portion, a reverse conveyance portion, a conveyance path, a conveyance portion, a drive source, and a drive input portion, the drive input portion being attached to the conveyance portion. The drive source is disposed between the transfer member and the fixing portion in a second direction parallel to a sheet conveyance direction in the conveyance portion. The drive input portion is disposed so as to overlap the drive source with respect to the first direction, so as to overlap the drive source with respect to a third direction orthogonal to both of the first direction and the second direction, and so as not to overlap the drive source with respect to the second direction.